[identity profile] freakytigger.livejournal.com posting in [community profile] poptimists
I asked this to [livejournal.com profile] worldofagwu as part of a MEME but felt it had wider potential (tho his answer was of course excellent):

Have the lyrics of a song ever changed your mind about a non-musical matter?

(WOA expanded the meaning to include "provided you with useful practical information" too which suits me!)

Incorrect possessive explained

Date: 2007-09-20 02:45 pm (UTC)
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its overratedness hasn't been challenged nearly to the extent that Sgt. Pepper's has

If I'd done the possessive correctly I would have put "to the extent that Sgt. Pepper's's has," but that would have looked totally bizarre so I didn't.

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