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meantolearn  +  307096 Mon, 25 Dec 06 10:00 AM

"Anytime you want to you can turn me onto

Anything you want to, anytime at all"

1. What does turn mean above?
2. Does 'turn someone unto something' a common usage in English?

Thanks,
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Grammar Geek  +  307164 Mon, 25 Dec 06 04:20 PM

Hi Metolearn,

I see you're using a lot of song lyrics. This is a very hard way to learn English, for two reasons: the grammar is often terrible (Baby you and me, got a groovy kind of love), and lyrics, like other forms of poetry, often use words in unexpected, unusual ways. They work within the poem, but it's very hard to explain them and to say how something similar is used in "real" conversation. And, of course, some lyrics are just mysteries to me. I have no idea what they are saying. (The recent "Panic at the Disco" song being a prime example - why their marriage is saved after he hears a bridesmaid tell a waiter (and what was the waiter doing at the church, and why were their pews in the hallway?) that his new wife is a ... nevermind. I'm just saying that lyrics don't always translate into real world situations.)

I don't know what they singer meant in this song.

There is a phrase "turn me onto..." which means "introduced me to this thing and got me interested in it." Such as: Jim is the one who turned me onto the Detroit Pistons. It's pretty informal, but reasonably common, in the U.S.

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Marius Hancu  +  307177 Mon, 25 Dec 06 05:00 PM
Use a comma, and it'll be easier to understand:

Anytime you want to, you can turn me onto
Anything you want to, anytime at all

Which IMO, means:
You can transform me at any time (when you want to), into anything your heart desires

because (I assume) I am willing to submit to anything you want from meSmile [:)]

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meantolearn  +  307233 Mon, 25 Dec 06 10:04 PM
Hi, both.
Thanks for your great comments.

I'm so eager to know the meanings of these old songs.
Especially when I have chances singing them.
I hope some of the puzzles can be solved through your help.
The puzzles have been in my mind for decades.

Thanks again.

Merry Xmas.
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