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conulyPeople at /r/englishlearning need to stop saying "Song lyrics/poems don't have to be grammatical! Don't try to learn English through songs/poems! People just do whatever, ungrammatically, to fit the rhythm/mood/rhyme scheme!"
This may be true, I guess, but funnily enough it's never true when people say it. At least half the time, the quoted text isn't even archaic or nonstandard!
That said, I do like reading (most of the) comments in that subreddit. There's always something! omg this is kinda nsfw but when I was a teenager me and my friends saw "do the needful" in a book, and being from ohio we had 0 context for this phrase so we thought it meant "have sex with beggars"
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This may be true, I guess, but funnily enough it's never true when people say it. At least half the time, the quoted text isn't even archaic or nonstandard!
That said, I do like reading (most of the) comments in that subreddit. There's always something! omg this is kinda nsfw but when I was a teenager me and my friends saw "do the needful" in a book, and being from ohio we had 0 context for this phrase so we thought it meant "have sex with beggars"
Two long-lost organ pieces by JS Bach performed for first time in 300 years (My goodness, we're finding so many lost compositions lately!)
Chasing the Louvre loot: Inside Antwerp's jewellery underworld
He Died at a School for Disabled People. Decades Later, His Brother Sought Answers. (There's a lot of sad stories in the comments)
The Hidden Devastation of Hurricanes: Their health effects extend far beyond official death tolls.
New flu virus mutation could see 'worst season in a decade'
Early this year, bird flu ripped through 80 farms in Ohio and Indiana. Using genetic markers, wind simulations, satellite imagery, property records and more, we found that the virus could’ve been airborne.
The Runaway Monkeys Upending the Animal-Rights Movement
Menstruation as misconduct: How prisons punish people for having their periods
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Date: 2025-11-20 03:53 am (UTC)I was mystified by "do the needful" when I first encountered it, which was in a professional context as an adult so at least I didn't have that problem. :-)
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Date: 2025-11-21 06:20 pm (UTC)