The Chronicles of Life and Death

• By: Good Charlotte

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Grammar:

• They're all so happy you've arrived

  ➔ Subject-Verb Agreement with contractions, present perfect tense.

  ➔ "They're" is a contraction of "They are", demonstrating subject-verb agreement in the present tense. "You've arrived" is in the present perfect tense, indicating an action that started in the past and has relevance to the present.

• She sets you free into this life

  ➔ Simple Present Tense; Use of 'into' to show movement/direction.

  ➔ "Sets" is the third-person singular form of the verb "set" in the simple present tense, describing a habitual action. The preposition "into" indicates movement and entrance from one state (being dependent) to another (being free in this life).

• Wouldn't you know that it doesn't matter, we all end up the same

  ➔ Conditional Sentence (mixed), Negative Concord, Present Simple Tense.

  ➔ "Wouldn't you know" is a rhetorical question expressing mild surprise, often used as an idiomatic expression. "Doesn't matter" employs a negative, and "we all end up the same" is a generalization in the present simple tense.

• As fictional as they may seem

  ➔ Subjunctive Mood (may), comparative

  ➔ Use of "may" indicates a possibility or uncertainty, placing the clause in the subjunctive mood. "As fictional as" is a comparative construction indicating a degree of similarity.

• That's what idiots will say

  ➔ Future Tense (will), Relative Clause (what)

  ➔ "Will say" is in the simple future tense, indicating a future action. "What idiots will say" functions as a noun clause, acting as the subject complement to "That's".

• You've got some questions, and you want answers

  ➔ Present Perfect (informal), Conjunction (and)

  ➔ "You've got" is an informal way of saying "You have got" or "You have", showing the present perfect tense. "And" is a coordinating conjunction connecting two independent clauses.

• Right back to where you started from

  ➔ Prepositional phrase (to where), relative clause (where)

  ➔ "To where you started from" is a prepositional phrase functioning as an adverbial of place. "Where you started from" is a relative clause modifying the preposition "to".