Extra “I” is needed to support the metre. If second line doesn’t have it, maybe it’s a game with the 2 beat rule.

What are some better-made versions of Paul McCartney’s “this world in which we

live in”?

There would have been a distinction. What now? Is “Do you have a car?” meant “Do you possess a car”, whether the car is here now or at a garage or parked in your driveway at home. Has had you ever got a car? ”

However, I think that distinction disappeared a long time ago.

What is your usual example of “being drug up on carpet then

run up the mast”? To me “I take it “drug up” is the writer’s own way of saying “dragged up” or “drug up.” He’s probably thinking being dragged before the boss, but he’s combined that vague thought with the phrase “on the carpet”, which is used about people in trouble with their superiors. With some drab smirks against the mast, Ariel takes a photo of him being “run up the mast” (picture it if you can) and fails to respond. Only things that run up the mast are flags or sails, and the popular phrase is exclusively used about the first (Maler) era. In every way, a flag is needed in every direction. This is likely an exercise in free association, where the writer is thinking of “hanging from the yard-arm”, but can’t remember the exact words, so he latch back onto the first substitute with naval overtones that springs to

mind.

During the ordeal, the colonel gave reporters and television crews the run of the base grounds still in Ukrainian hands, and held impromptu news conferences in front of brigade headquarters.

The colonel gave reporters and TV crews a run of ( = free access to ) the base grounds that were ) still in Ukrainian hands… I don’t

think the colonel gave public access to the military that helped him…