curse the poor apostrope
should you place it's use correct
for My Poetic Side
doth sabotage
earnest written text
but nay
not in your verse so fine
though I warn you woe betide
poor apostrope when you place it
amid authors comment lines
or worse still in a title
where the dreaded ///'s call
so use with care
that apostrope 'cos
MPS has you - by the balls
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Ah punctuation in total. I get hot under the collar when it's used incorrectly but poetry can, at a stretch, be regarded as an exception as can bad grammar. Now the Oxford comma is another matter - will post something about it tomorrow.
That similar to the Cambridge comma? I dunno what I'm talking about now! lol.
I have become lazy with punctuation and indeed the use of capital letters. I call it emailification of english.
The degradation of the nation and it's /////misuse of Punctuation's
Love it DA
The annoying forbidden apostrophe in authors comments is frustrating.
Yes, the //// horror seems to happen if we edit our own comments on other poets, or our own works. Should there be an apostrophe in "poet's"?
As I understand it:
Singular - comma before
Plural - comma after
But not a fast rule and even the academics disagree with each other.
a'postophe eh; but, surely the ///, must be meaning'ful in some instance's?
it must have some oblique uses someplace yes
ANGELA HERE - Good afternoon DA - I agree in Classic Poetry it*s very important. Brian & I use * instead of ' because the MPS ////// (added obliques) spoil the appearance of the Poem. Poets on MPS who post Modern Poetry - Post it sans grammar sans rhyme - sans rhythm & sans reason ! Thanks for caring - about the oft castigated apostrophes.
Peace & Joy to You & Yours
Yours ANGELA 💛💛💛
language is a fluid thing, forever changing as is our poetry. woe betide anyone who tries to hold back its progress (forward movement). but to have the //// imposed on us where a ' is desired is quite frustrating.
Tis a curse of pandemic proportion & may well be the death of me.... thanks for the reminder... I believe incorrect spelling is one way around it tho… sez I....
Innit tho bro?
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