Taylor Swift once was caught in the headlights as a test page accused her of a grammatical error in one of her extremely popular songs.

Popular Linguistic Influencer Resurrects 2015 Tale of Taylor Swift’s Grammatical Gamble

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Over the last few years, <a href="https://www.netflixjunkie.com/tag/taylor-swift/">Taylor Swift</a> has become a household name. Although not everyone is head over heels for the genius songwriter, there is no denying that her songs can strike a rather emotional chord. While most people may agree on that, some have called her out on her grammar a few times before. Most songs these days indeed seem to have mismatched lyrics that sometimes make no sense. However, that is not the case with the pop sensation.
Years after a grammar fumble that had the world cracking up, a popular linguistic influencer has brought back a tale of Swift&#8217;s grammar gamble that had been forgotten with time.
<h2>Throwback to Taylor Swift&#8217;s 2015 grammar battle</h2>
The owner of the account Linguistic Discovery on Instagram rece, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/stories/linguisticdiscovery/3229551673894926814/?utm_source=ig_story_item_share&amp;igshid=dGVjdzc5eGc1enc%3D" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Danny Hieber took to his stories</a> on the platform. He shared a throwback to when Taylor Swift had gotten criticized by the Princeton Review for using &#8216;they&#8217; as a singular pronoun. Hieber did not back down in shading the publication as he wrote, &#8220;talk about a slow news day,&#8221; on his story.
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The page claimed that the 33-year-old had made a grammatical error in the lines, &#8220;Somebody tells you they love you, you got to believe &#8217;em.&#8221; It was even in a test paper under the heading, Grammar in Real Life. The linguistic virtuoso pointed out just how wrong the publication was not only in criticizing Taylor Swift, but also in its archaic grammar knowledge.
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While Danny Hieber may have got down to roasting now, Taylor Swift and her fans had already done a brilliant job at it back in the day.
<h2>Taylor Swift called out the Princeton page</h2>
At the time of the grammar mishap, Taylor Swift was studying for her SATs. That is where she ended up coming across a proportion of the test that targeted errors in pop lyrics and took aim at her. According to reports from The Guardian, she took to her Tumblr account to share that she felt &#8220;attacked.&#8221; She also went on to call out the test for messing up the lyrics themselves as the real line was, &#8220;Somebody tells you they love you, you&#8217;re gonna believe them.&#8221;
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After a while, the test page owned up to their lyric mistake. They went on to say that the singer was still in the wrong as &#8220;they&#8221; could not be used to refer to a singular person. This also ended up being flipped on them as the term has been used as a gender-neutral pronoun for many years and the Oxford English Dictionary attests to this. While it caused a few laughs when it happened, the incident has since been forgotten and <a href="https://www.netflixjunkie.com/music-news-fans-rejoice-as-pop-icon-taylor-swift-hits-another-milestone-to-overtake-mariah-carey-in-this-coveted-title/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the singer has gone on to reach brand new heights.</a>
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