Taylor Swift Scolds Princeton Review for Misquoting Lyrics
Singer's lyrics were cited as an example of bad grammar in test prep booklet.
— -- After the Princeton Review cited one of Taylor Swift's lyrics as an example of bad grammar, the singer responded with a knock of her own.
It seems the SAT test prep book got Swift's lyrics wrong in the first place.
A fan brought the faux pas to Swift's attention Monday. "I was just having an amazing time studying for the SAT and now I feel attacked...ugh thanks swift...The lyrics are wrong," the fan, myswiftlifee, wrote on the singer's Tumblr, posting a page from the study booklet.
On the page students were asked to find the incorrect use of a pronoun in song lyrics by Swift, Katy Perry, Lady Gaga and Whitney Houston.
But the lyrics to Swift's "Fifteen" weren't exactly correct.
The Princeton Review wrote, "Somebody tells you they love you, you got to believe 'em."
The actual line is, "Somebody tells you they love you, you're gonna believe them."
Swift called out the test prep experts. "UGHHH PRINCETON REVIEWWWW," she wrote. "Not the right lyrics at all pssshhhh. You had one job, test people."
At least the Princeton Review got one thing right: Swift's grammar is wrong.
"Somebody" is singular and takes a singular pronoun: he or she, or him or her. But, if it's any consolation, it's a common mistake people make.