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 #2 (permalink) Thu Apr 06, 2006 2:53 am Why don’t you do right? |
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| Yes, it means, "Why don't you do the right thing?" but it's heard almost exclusively in songs. I suppose it's said in some Southern US dialects, but to me it sounds like something I'd hear on a scratchy old 78 rpm record from the 1920s. |
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| #3 (permalink) Thu Apr 06, 2006 6:12 am Get it right |
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Maybe do it right also sounds a bit like get it right or get right with me which are probably slightly (or not so slightly?) different things? I remember these songs by Depeche Mode - "Get the balance right" and "Get right with me".
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| #4 (permalink) Thu Apr 06, 2006 11:03 am Get it right |
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| toeic wrote: |
Maybe do it right also sounds a bit like get it right or get right with me which are probably slightly (or not so slightly?) different things? I remember these songs by Depeche Mode - "Get the balance right" and "Get right with me".
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"Do it right" (with "it") does not sound archaic. It's "why don't you do right" (where "right" is the direct object, or else there is no direct object) that sounds odd and is generally confined to songs. |
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