Comments on: Grammar Guru: Stop …!

By: Anne

Anne — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 22:00:17 +0000

mhm, she revs her voice

By: Nicky

Nicky — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 12:30:22 +0000

Isn’t this song just kind of like a rewrite of that Madonna song–you know the “Time goes by so slowly” joint–but the other way around?

Also, I know it’s probably an unfair comparison–and I know they’re not really a competition, but I guess it’s a habit from listening to so many hiphop tracks “featuring” other guest artists where they are obviously are kind of competing–but Beyonce totally kills GaGa on this song. The part where they’re in the car and B is singing is the best.

Anyhoo, with the number of times they repeat the chours, if this song doesn’t get that “stop -ing” fixed in your student’s head, I don’t know what will!

By: loveclip

loveclip — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 13:57:53 +0000

nice song

By: Anne

Anne — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 07:01:31 +0000

What would make my good friend (we’re talking!) happy?

* I stop to call him. (70%, 7 votes) – exactly.
* I stop calling him. (30%, 3 votes) – no, this would not be nice.

I think you 3 people were just confused by the question. Anyway, both versions are correct grammar but mean different things.

By: Anne

Anne — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 07:22:32 +0000

We’re fighting? I stop calling him. I tell him to stop calling me.
Everything’s fine and I want to know how he is? I stop to call him. See: I stop in order to call him.

By the way, my wonderful boss Eamonn over at Spotlight has actually posted Lady Gaga and Beyoncé’s video in today’s question. OK? Not OK? The video has 17.386.207 views at posting.

Links to discussions on the video:

Product placement: http://idolator.com/5442642/the-story-behind-the-product-placements-in-gagas-telephone-video

Beyonce’s and Lady Gaga’s fashion: http://nicolaformichetti.blogspot.com/2010/03/fashion-credits-telephone-by-lady-gaga.html

What Lady Gaga is doing here: http://www.theawl.com/2010/03/the-night-lady-gaga-blew-up-the-internet-with-telephone