大火的英文歌曲《Stay》中有什么语法知识？

最近有一首英文歌曲《Stay》很火，排名一直在“酷我音乐排行榜”居高不下。听英文歌曲也是学习英语的一个好方法，那我们今天就来探讨一下这首歌中语法吧。

先看一下这段歌词：

I do the same thing I told you that I never would

I told you I"d change, even when I knew I never could

Know that I can"t find nobody else as good as you

I need you to stay, need you to stay, hey (oh)

（有多少小伙伴是和我一样哼着看下来的，请举个爪……）

这段歌词的开头一句是： I do the same thing I told you that I never would...

这句中要注意的是单数名词thing，它是日常口语中最常见的名词之一。

Thing有很多种意思，但在歌曲《stay》中，thing指的是an action or activity（行动或活动）。

如果我们把这句歌词改写一下而意思基本不变的话，则可以改写成：

I do the same action that I told you I would not do.

你会听到美国人在许多日常情境下使用 thing来表示某种行动。

例如：

When I get home from school, the first thing I do is take a nap. 放学回家后，我做的第一件事就是打个盹。

Before I go to bed, the last thing I do is brush my teeth. 睡觉前，我做的最后一件事就是刷牙。

再来看另一句歌词：

Know that I can"t find nobody else as good as you

这是一个祈使句，省略了主语you。"I can"t find nobody…"则是一个双重否定句。Wait a minute，这里是不是有点儿不对劲？

我们知道，在使用“nothing，no one，nobody”和 “anything，anyone，anybody”等不定代词时，有两条这样简单的规则：

1）Use "anything" and other words with "any" in questions and statements that include "not" or "no." （在疑问句或含有not或no的句子中，用anything或其他含any的词）

2）Use "nothing" and the like in statements where there is no other negative word. （在没有其他否定词的句子中，用nothing或类似词）

下面上九条例句（请不要嫌多…这也是本文的一个重点，多读读可增强语感和理解，嘿嘿）

Do they have anything to eat?

They do not have anything to eat.

Has anyone come to pick up the mail today?

I have not seen anyone this morning.

They never found anybody to do that job.

Is anything happening at your school today?

There is nothing happening at school. Today is a holiday.

Did anybody help you write the letter?

Nobody helped me. I did it all by myself.

回到这句歌词，因为前面已经有not（can’t）,所以后面应该用anyone，即正确、符合规则的表述应该是：

"I can"t find anybody as good as you"

当然，我们的重点不是挑歌词的错，而是要知道：在传统语法书中看到的代词用法与有时在流行音乐或节目中听到的代词用法可能有所不同，也就是正式和非正式用法的不同。

当然，这首歌中还有很多其他的语法点，这里就不一一列举了。