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"Your LOVE'S PUT me at the top of the world" OR "Your LOVE PUTS me at the top of the world"
I am reading the lyrics of the song "Top of the world" - The Carpenters and it makes me really surprised that it is not "Your LOVE PUTS me at the top of the world" but "Your LOVE'S PUT me at the top of the world".
Is there anything wrong with "Your LOVE'S PUT me" here?

If you know the answer, please let me know.
Thank you for your help.


18 Ağu 2019 08:15
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It stands for your love HAS put me at the top of the world I assume.
18 Ağustos 2019
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The Carpenter's songs will not seriously damage you grammar. Their songs are written in good English. Just remember words have to be made to fit into the song.
18 Ağustos 2019
1
Song lyrics are not good ways to learn grammar, the grammar is altered for the sake of the song.
In the original version Karen Carpenter sings "your love's put me at the top of the world"
there are many mistyped and misquoted lyrics on the internet.

So the lyric is "your love has put me at the top of the world" BUT SHE sings the contradicted "your love's put me" grammatically "your love has put me at the top of the world" is correct, but she contracts it when singing

whether the original printed lyrics that were written said "your love has put me' or "your love's put me"
it makes no difference. I don't think singing either of these options would make any difference.
I am certain that other singers would sing "your love has put me" to match the way they speak and therefore sing. It may also have something to do with Karen Carpenters native way of speaking "American" versus other English variants, that would not alter the song's meaning.


18 Ağustos 2019
Thank you, John ^^ I will remember it whenever I choose a song to learn its lyrics. .
23 Ağustos 2019
Thank you so much for giving me such a very detailed answer, John ^^.
I agree with you that song lyrics are not good ways to learn grammar, but for me, listening to English songs is really good to learn many new words and new expressions. Melodies and music help me remember things longer.
Actually, when I asked this question, I didn't know that "Your love's put" stood for "Your love has put" so it made me really confused. After reading your comment, now I really understand it ^^





18 Ağustos 2019
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