First song I ever recorded (was to/to was) a Fat Joe beat
I watched an interview and he said
"First song I ever recorded was to a Fat Joe beat."
I wonder, can I switch the positions of "was" and "to" like this?
"First song I ever recorded to was a Fat Joe beat."
If I can't, so with other sentences I must say "First song I ever listen was to Shape of you." Is that right?
verbs prepositions sentence
edited yesterday
Hellion
54.7k14109198
asked yesterday
NOBODYNOBODY
133
add a comment |
I watched an interview and he said
"First song I ever recorded was to a Fat Joe beat."
I wonder, can I switch the positions of "was" and "to" like this?
"First song I ever recorded to was a Fat Joe beat."
If I can't, so with other sentences I must say "First song I ever listen was to Shape of you." Is that right?
verbs prepositions sentence
edited yesterday
Hellion
54.7k14109198
asked yesterday
NOBODYNOBODY
133
Thank you very much
– NOBODY
yesterday
add a comment |
I watched an interview and he said
"First song I ever recorded was to a Fat Joe beat."
I wonder, can I switch the positions of "was" and "to" like this?
"First song I ever recorded to was a Fat Joe beat."
If I can't, so with other sentences I must say "First song I ever listen was to Shape of you." Is that right?
verbs prepositions sentence
edited yesterday
Hellion
54.7k14109198
asked yesterday
NOBODYNOBODY
133
I watched an interview and he said
"First song I ever recorded was to a Fat Joe beat."
I wonder, can I switch the positions of "was" and "to" like this?
"First song I ever recorded to was a Fat Joe beat."
If I can't, so with other sentences I must say "First song I ever listen was to Shape of you." Is that right?
verbs prepositions sentence
verbs prepositions sentence
edited yesterday
Hellion
54.7k14109198
asked yesterday
NOBODYNOBODY
133
edited yesterday
Hellion
54.7k14109198
asked yesterday
NOBODYNOBODY
133
edited yesterday
Hellion
54.7k14109198
edited yesterday
Hellion
54.7k14109198
edited yesterday
Hellion
54.7k14109198
54.7k14109198
asked yesterday
NOBODYNOBODY
133
asked yesterday
NOBODYNOBODY
133
asked yesterday
NOBODYNOBODY
133
133
Thank you very much
– NOBODY
yesterday
add a comment |
Thank you very much
– NOBODY
yesterday
Thank you very much
– NOBODY
yesterday
Thank you very much
– NOBODY
yesterday
add a comment |
1 Answer
1
active
oldest
votes
No in the case you cite you cannot switch the positions. "First song I ever recorded was to a Fat Joe beat." is correct, and "First song I ever recorded to was a Fat Joe beat." is incorrect.
But your other example, "First song I ever listened to was Shape of you." is correct, and "First song I ever listened was to Shape of you." is incorrect. So why?
Because the verb "listen to" a song is correct. You can say "I listened to a song". "Listen to" is the verb and "a song" is the object. You can't do the same with "recorded to". You cannot say "I recorded to a song". You say "I recorded a song".
So correct sentences are:
First song I ever listened to was Shape of You.
First song I ever recorded was Shape of You.
So what's the "to" doing in the original sentence? It doesn't have the same meaning as the "to" in "listened to". It describes the relationship of the song to the beat.
A song is "to' a beat if it uses that beat.
This song was to a Fat Joe beat.
This song is to the beat of a military band.
This song is to an Electro-pop beat
So "First song I ever recorded" is a noun phrase indicating which song we are talking about, and "to a Fat Joe beat" describes what the song was like.
In your second example "First song I ever listened to" is the noun phrase indicating the song we are talking about, and "Shape of You" describes the song.
If you move the "to" from one phrase to the other either way you change the meaning.
answered yesterday
DJClayworthDJClayworth
11.3k12535
Thank you very much
– NOBODY
yesterday
add a comment |
Your Answer
StackExchange.ready(function() {
var channelOptions = {
tags: "".split(" "),
id: "97"
};
initTagRenderer("".split(" "), "".split(" "), channelOptions);
StackExchange.using("externalEditor", function() {
// Have to fire editor after snippets, if snippets enabled
if (StackExchange.settings.snippets.snippetsEnabled) {
StackExchange.using("snippets", function() {
createEditor();
});
}
else {
createEditor();
}
});
function createEditor() {
StackExchange.prepareEditor({
heartbeatType: 'answer',
autoActivateHeartbeat: false,
convertImagesToLinks: false,
noModals: true,
showLowRepImageUploadWarning: true,
reputationToPostImages: null,
bindNavPrevention: true,
postfix: "",
imageUploader: {
brandingHtml: "Powered by u003ca class="icon-imgur-white" href="https://imgur.com/"u003eu003c/au003e",
contentPolicyHtml: "User contributions licensed under u003ca href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/"u003ecc by-sa 3.0 with attribution requiredu003c/au003e u003ca href="https://stackoverflow.com/legal/content-policy"u003e(content policy)u003c/au003e",
allowUrls: true
},
noCode: true, onDemand: true,
discardSelector: ".discard-answer"
,immediatelyShowMarkdownHelp:true
});
}
});
Sign up or log in
StackExchange.ready(function () {
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
});
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
StackExchange.ready(
function () {
StackExchange.openid.initPostLogin('.new-post-login', 'https%3a%2f%2fenglish.stackexchange.com%2fquestions%2f490866%2ffirst-song-i-ever-recorded-was-to-to-was-a-fat-joe-beat%23new-answer', 'question_page');
}
);
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
1 Answer
1
active
oldest
votes
1 Answer
1
active
oldest
votes
active
oldest
votes
active
oldest
votes
No in the case you cite you cannot switch the positions. "First song I ever recorded was to a Fat Joe beat." is correct, and "First song I ever recorded to was a Fat Joe beat." is incorrect.
But your other example, "First song I ever listened to was Shape of you." is correct, and "First song I ever listened was to Shape of you." is incorrect. So why?
Because the verb "listen to" a song is correct. You can say "I listened to a song". "Listen to" is the verb and "a song" is the object. You can't do the same with "recorded to". You cannot say "I recorded to a song". You say "I recorded a song".
So correct sentences are:
First song I ever listened to was Shape of You.
First song I ever recorded was Shape of You.
So what's the "to" doing in the original sentence? It doesn't have the same meaning as the "to" in "listened to". It describes the relationship of the song to the beat.
A song is "to' a beat if it uses that beat.
This song was to a Fat Joe beat.
This song is to the beat of a military band.
This song is to an Electro-pop beat
So "First song I ever recorded" is a noun phrase indicating which song we are talking about, and "to a Fat Joe beat" describes what the song was like.
In your second example "First song I ever listened to" is the noun phrase indicating the song we are talking about, and "Shape of You" describes the song.
If you move the "to" from one phrase to the other either way you change the meaning.
answered yesterday
DJClayworthDJClayworth
11.3k12535
Thank you very much
– NOBODY
yesterday
add a comment |
No in the case you cite you cannot switch the positions. "First song I ever recorded was to a Fat Joe beat." is correct, and "First song I ever recorded to was a Fat Joe beat." is incorrect.
But your other example, "First song I ever listened to was Shape of you." is correct, and "First song I ever listened was to Shape of you." is incorrect. So why?
Because the verb "listen to" a song is correct. You can say "I listened to a song". "Listen to" is the verb and "a song" is the object. You can't do the same with "recorded to". You cannot say "I recorded to a song". You say "I recorded a song".
So correct sentences are:
First song I ever listened to was Shape of You.
First song I ever recorded was Shape of You.
So what's the "to" doing in the original sentence? It doesn't have the same meaning as the "to" in "listened to". It describes the relationship of the song to the beat.
A song is "to' a beat if it uses that beat.
This song was to a Fat Joe beat.
This song is to the beat of a military band.
This song is to an Electro-pop beat
So "First song I ever recorded" is a noun phrase indicating which song we are talking about, and "to a Fat Joe beat" describes what the song was like.
In your second example "First song I ever listened to" is the noun phrase indicating the song we are talking about, and "Shape of You" describes the song.
If you move the "to" from one phrase to the other either way you change the meaning.
answered yesterday
DJClayworthDJClayworth
11.3k12535
Thank you very much
– NOBODY
yesterday
add a comment |
No in the case you cite you cannot switch the positions. "First song I ever recorded was to a Fat Joe beat." is correct, and "First song I ever recorded to was a Fat Joe beat." is incorrect.
But your other example, "First song I ever listened to was Shape of you." is correct, and "First song I ever listened was to Shape of you." is incorrect. So why?
Because the verb "listen to" a song is correct. You can say "I listened to a song". "Listen to" is the verb and "a song" is the object. You can't do the same with "recorded to". You cannot say "I recorded to a song". You say "I recorded a song".
So correct sentences are:
First song I ever listened to was Shape of You.
First song I ever recorded was Shape of You.
So what's the "to" doing in the original sentence? It doesn't have the same meaning as the "to" in "listened to". It describes the relationship of the song to the beat.
A song is "to' a beat if it uses that beat.
This song was to a Fat Joe beat.
This song is to the beat of a military band.
This song is to an Electro-pop beat
So "First song I ever recorded" is a noun phrase indicating which song we are talking about, and "to a Fat Joe beat" describes what the song was like.
In your second example "First song I ever listened to" is the noun phrase indicating the song we are talking about, and "Shape of You" describes the song.
If you move the "to" from one phrase to the other either way you change the meaning.
answered yesterday
DJClayworthDJClayworth
11.3k12535
No in the case you cite you cannot switch the positions. "First song I ever recorded was to a Fat Joe beat." is correct, and "First song I ever recorded to was a Fat Joe beat." is incorrect.
But your other example, "First song I ever listened to was Shape of you." is correct, and "First song I ever listened was to Shape of you." is incorrect. So why?
Because the verb "listen to" a song is correct. You can say "I listened to a song". "Listen to" is the verb and "a song" is the object. You can't do the same with "recorded to". You cannot say "I recorded to a song". You say "I recorded a song".
So correct sentences are:
First song I ever listened to was Shape of You.
First song I ever recorded was Shape of You.
So what's the "to" doing in the original sentence? It doesn't have the same meaning as the "to" in "listened to". It describes the relationship of the song to the beat.
A song is "to' a beat if it uses that beat.
This song was to a Fat Joe beat.
This song is to the beat of a military band.
This song is to an Electro-pop beat
So "First song I ever recorded" is a noun phrase indicating which song we are talking about, and "to a Fat Joe beat" describes what the song was like.
In your second example "First song I ever listened to" is the noun phrase indicating the song we are talking about, and "Shape of You" describes the song.
If you move the "to" from one phrase to the other either way you change the meaning.
answered yesterday
DJClayworthDJClayworth
11.3k12535
answered yesterday
DJClayworthDJClayworth
11.3k12535
answered yesterday
DJClayworthDJClayworth
11.3k12535
answered yesterday
DJClayworthDJClayworth
11.3k12535
11.3k12535
Thank you very much
– NOBODY
yesterday
add a comment |
Thank you very much
– NOBODY
yesterday
Thank you very much
– NOBODY
yesterday
Thank you very much
– NOBODY
yesterday
add a comment |
Thanks for contributing an answer to English Language & Usage Stack Exchange!
- Please be sure to answer the question. Provide details and share your research!
But avoid …
- Asking for help, clarification, or responding to other answers.
- Making statements based on opinion; back them up with references or personal experience.
To learn more, see our tips on writing great answers.
Sign up or log in
StackExchange.ready(function () {
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
});
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
StackExchange.ready(
function () {
StackExchange.openid.initPostLogin('.new-post-login', 'https%3a%2f%2fenglish.stackexchange.com%2fquestions%2f490866%2ffirst-song-i-ever-recorded-was-to-to-was-a-fat-joe-beat%23new-answer', 'question_page');
}
);
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
Sign up or log in
StackExchange.ready(function () {
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
});
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
Sign up or log in
StackExchange.ready(function () {
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
});
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
Sign up or log in
StackExchange.ready(function () {
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
});
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Thank you very much
– NOBODY
yesterday