Grammar Poem

[EJP]

In class last night my teacher handed us these grammar poems to do as part of an exercise. I left class during the brake we had and made a copy of This One's "A BASIC GUIDE TO GRAMMAR AND COMMON WRITTEN ERRORS (Alternatively, A Grammar Nazi’s Manifesto.)". Thanks to her, I managed to make a dark and yet funny poem that I got the teacher to read to the class. So I thought it might be fun to post it here along with the guide in case you wanted to post ones of your own.

EJP's Dark Grammar Poem:

Poetry Rests
Large on
Graves. Bullox
Shots, Stabs, Slices
Ruthlessly. Its about
darkness on sodding wheatbread
and well it
SUCKS!

The guide:
Noun Verb
Adjective article
Noun interjection
verb verb verb
adverb pronouns preposition
adjective article verb noun
conjunction interjections pronoun

(The "SUCKS" was add by me for mine.)

So, what do you think of my poem?

[This One]

I'm crap at poetry, so it sounds pretty good to me. I'm always glad to be of service when it comes to grammar, so here comes the help:

There are only a few problems I see with the poem itself. First, you used a preposition when it called for an article. Articles are "a", "an" and "the" while you used "on". You seem to have used the wrong "it's", as well. I believe you were trying to say "it is about" as opposed to "the about beonging to it".

Additionally, you used the wrong "break" in your introductory statement. "Brake" refers to a part of a car or the action of stopping, not a hiatus.

Overall, you got most of them right.

[EJP]

Feb 1, 2011 23:53:29 GMT -5 This One said:

I'm crap at poetry, so it sounds pretty good to me. I'm always glad to be of service when it comes to grammar, so here comes the help:

There are only a few problems I see with the poem itself. First, you used a preposition when it called for an article. Articles are "a", "an" and "the" while you used "on". You seem to have used the wrong "it's", as well. I believe you were trying to say "it is about" as opposed to "the about beonging to it".

Additionally, you used the wrong "break" in your introductory statement. "Brake" refers to a part of a car or the action of stopping, not a hiatus.

Overall, you got most of them right.

........... I just can't win can I? Anyway my response to you is HURRY UP AND POST IN MY RP ALREADY!... I'm not going to get mad at you being a grammar nazi and correcting me. I don't find it nice... but I'm not mad. I may have to send you a 10 rant of nothing but bad grammar, but it is only because I value our friendship. ;D

[This One]

Not nice, you say? Forgive me if I am wrong, but since this was an assignment I thought you would want to know what you did wrong in order to receive the highest grade possible. I consider that helpful, not mean. Even if you're not being graded, English is your mother tongue and you had access to a grammar guide, so there's really no excuse. This is all my opinion, of course.

Also, I'm having trouble understanding your final sentence. Did you mean a ten page rant? You're free to do so, but understand I'm not obligated to read it.

I still think the poem's good, as I said, even if it doesn't follow the given format exactly.

[ketaro]

Feb 2, 2011 18:27:51 GMT -5 EJP said:

Feb 1, 2011 23:53:29 GMT -5 This One said:

I'm crap at poetry, so it sounds pretty good to me. I'm always glad to be of service when it comes to grammar, so here comes the help:

There are only a few problems I see with the poem itself. First, you used a preposition when it called for an article. Articles are "a", "an" and "the" while you used "on". You seem to have used the wrong "it's", as well. I believe you were trying to say "it is about" as opposed to "the about beonging to it".

Additionally, you used the wrong "break" in your introductory statement. "Brake" refers to a part of a car or the action of stopping, not a hiatus.

Overall, you got most of them right.

I'm not going to get mad at you being a grammar nazi and correcting me.

I'm so bad. ;D

[EJP]

This one and while I'm at it KETARO, I challenge you both to write a better grammar poem!