Princeton Review tries, and fails, to use Taylor Swift in SAT question

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Neha Prakash
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Because the Princeton Review is constantly on the cusp of what's cool and hip, it attempted to use Taylor Swift lyrics on a practice test -- and, ironically, failed.

A studious Swift fan recently noticed that an SAT Prep question incorrectly quoted the Taylor Swift song "Fifteen." The high schooler posted the image of the test question on Tumblr.

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The question, which asks test-takers to fix grammatically incorrect pop lyrics, claims Taylor's lyrics are "Somebody tells you they love you, you got to believe 'em." But the actual lyrics are "Somebody tells you they love you, you're gonna believe 'em."

Duh.

Swift's original lyrics are not grammatically incorrect (except "gonna," but that's just musical license).

Taylor Swift, herself, noticed the Tumblr post and commented on it, scolding the Princeton Review for thinking she could ever be wrong, about anything. Note her angry hashtags.

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Perhaps the SAT math section could issue some algebra questions to calculate how much money per minute Swift is raking in.

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