Here are the entries in the National Grammar Day Tweeted Haiku contest. If you don’t see your entry here, be assured it was considered if it had the hashtag #grammarday, but cutting and pasting is imperfect. Let us know and we’ll add it. Most of the entries also can be found on the Storify page here: http://storify.com/copyeditors/aces-national-grammar-day-tweeted-haiku-contest
@MiltownBucky One tiny mistake,Published where no one will see?Wrong! Thousands of comments.#grammarday #seewhatIdidthere
— Mandi Lindner (@MandiMLindner)
March 3, 2014
Oxford’s weather showsThe loveliness of damp prose:Comma-splattered lines.#grammarday
— Tina Ray (@raytinamu)
March 3, 2014
Awl of my tweets ourFilled with grammatical airLet’s keep it that weigh#grammarday #haiku
— William (@MiltownBucky)
March 3, 2014
I can’t punctuate.
My mind’s filled with tales.
An editor saves.#grammarday #haikuchallenge
— Shawn Jones (@CaptainDucttape)
March 3, 2014
Punctuation
predicate & subject
a simple sentence
#grammarday #haiku— Eric C Poncho (@MdrnPetroglyphs)
March 3, 2014
Adjectives Adverbs
Magical descriptive words
metaphor builders
#grammarday #haiku— Eric C Poncho (@MdrnPetroglyphs)
March 3, 2014
Punctuation
predicate & subject
a simple sentence
#grammarday #haiku— Eric C Poncho (@MdrnPetroglyphs)
March 3, 2014
You made a mistake
in your tweet about grammar.
Is that irony?
#grammarday #haiku— Jill Golden (@_goldengrams)
March 3, 2014
Contractions endure
as they did in a bygone
year — your you’re of yore.
#grammarday— John Hausman (@JohnSHausman)
March 3, 2014
Sociolinguist
Deep In wild wordy woods of
Decay and rebirth
#grammarday #haiku
— Robert Keim (@RobKeim)
March 3, 2014
spel cheks dont matter
4get da rulz of grammar
one forty spaces
#grammarday #haiku— Eric C Poncho (@MdrnPetroglyphs)
March 3, 2014
Everybody knows
the pronoun is singular
but they just don’t care.
#grammarday— Ray Vallese (@RayVallese)
March 3, 2014
Infinitive split / Some doubt ‘to’ is part of you / Sometimes you are bare #GrammarDay
— Agnieszka Karch (@5minutelanguage)
March 3, 2014
Oxford comma you see / before ‘and’ to well / meaning gauge, and be clear #GrammarDay
— Agnieszka Karch (@5minutelanguage)
March 3, 2014
#GrammarDay haikus
must follow the rules, or else—
“too long, didn’t read.”— Jill Golden (@_goldengrams)
March 3, 2014
Sentences and me:
we don’t mind getting complex,
but don’t make us run.
#grammarday #haiku— Holly Ashworth (@ActuallyHolly)
March 3, 2014
Oh semicolon\You are so the Jar Jar Binks\ of punctuation. #grammarday
— Rachel Menard (@MissusM)
March 3, 2014
#grammarday
That “word” ANYWAYS
should not end with that damn ‘S’.
The plural’s in ANY !!— Mark Hanson (@MHanson62)
March 3, 2014
This is just to say
I have truncated the verse
That you were probab
#grammarday— Ranjit Bhatnagar (@ranjit)
March 3, 2014
PEOPLE CAN DEBATE
OXFORD COMMA, BUT HULK KNOW
AP STYLE RULES!
#GRAMMARDAY #HAIKU #HULKU— AP STYLE HULK (@APSTYLEHULK)
March 3, 2014
In honor of #grammarday, here is my traditional Japanese haiku: rain drops drip / dots on the window pane: / punctuation
— Michelle Corbin (@michellecorbin)
March 3, 2014
WORDS AND HULKS CHANGE FORM
TO EXPRESS TENSE, MOOD AND VOICE!
WHEN WORDS CRASH, HULK SMASH!
#GRAMMARDAY #HAIKU #HULKU— AP STYLE HULK (@APSTYLEHULK)
March 3, 2014
Writing the haiku / the dangling participle / sits there awkwardly #GrammarDay #Haiku (Retweet)
— William Reagan (@WilliamReagan)
March 3, 2014
Readers stayed away.
Did your headline have a verb?
I didn’t think so.
#grammarday— Chris Smith (@cswriter)
March 3, 2014
#grammarday #haiku grammar conundrum / people learn half-truths as facts / then insist they’re done
— William Reagan (@WilliamReagan)
March 3, 2014
I’m deeply jealous.
The copy editors are
meeting in Vegas.
http://t.co/bXz7uBKqwX
#GrammarDay— Julie Linden (@julieatlife)
March 3, 2014
love the ellipsis
the period’s too final
noncommittal end…
#grammarday— sarah lockhart long (@iamsarahbeth)
March 3, 2014
Ed felt tense when he
thought of words he can’t finish—
he knew his limits.
#grammarday— Jill Golden (@_goldengrams)
March 3, 2014
A superhero
called Ed can transport most words
from present to past.
#grammarday— Jill Golden (@_goldengrams)
March 3, 2014
Ah, “were” versus “was”
When to use the subjunctive?
Hypotheticals#grammarday
— Lex Hex (@Tingwall)
March 3, 2014
You can’t be alright / no matter how great things are / all right? All is right. #grammarday
— Kathleen Bethell (@katbethell)
March 3, 2014
There it sits in doubt
Upon the edge it dangles
A modifier-Because what is a dangling modifier if not grammatical suicide? #GrammarDay
— Robyn Roopchan (@RobynRoopchan)
March 3, 2014
what happens to word
selected by a head in
DGs? It depends! #grammarday— Zac Smith (@ZacTheLinguist)
March 3, 2014
I have a grievance / I yearn for fewer crows here / and for them, less food. #grammarday
— Kathleen Bethell (@katbethell)
March 3, 2014
Writer, don’t stet me
Your ego gets in the way
Let’s work together#grammarday
#grammarday
— Lex Hex (@Tingwall)
March 3, 2014
Whom shall I follow?
To whom shall I reply?
Who is calling me?
#grammarday— Kathleen Bethell (@katbethell)
March 3, 2014
Autocorrect I snot your friend. Embrace meant soon follows. #grammarday
— Jennifer Leung (@jleung10)
March 3, 2014
Correct their grammar?
Some verbatim written quotes
Still make me feel sic. #grammarday— Chris Smith (@cswriter)
March 3, 2014
The semi-colon / Only used by graduates / And who wish they were #GrammarDay
— Nick McRae (@Nick_McRae_)
March 3, 2014
Neutral third-person
singular pronoun: I hope
someday we’ll find them.
#GrammarDay #haiku— Rachel Kamins (@MsKFlax)
March 3, 2014
Editors are right
And we think you’re kind of dumb
Seems we can’t help it#grammarday
— Lex Hex (@Tingwall)
March 3, 2014
@Mazarkis_W Also, do not use prophesy (verb) when you mean prophecy (noun). That one drives me nuts. #grammarday
— Elspeth Cooper (@ElspethCooper)
March 3, 2014
Some punctuation
looks angry in texts, said Tom
periodically.
#GrammarDay #haiku— Rachel Kamins (@MsKFlax)
March 3, 2014
Language changes
But “healthy” versus “healthful”
I cannot abide#grammarday
— Lex Hex (@Tingwall)
March 3, 2014
The ultimate truth / the comma is optional / periods are not #GrammarDay
— Nick McRae (@Nick_McRae_)
March 3, 2014
AP style is wrong
No serial comma! What?
Always follow Chicago#grammarday
— Lex Hex (@Tingwall)
March 3, 2014
Ok, here’s my final grammar day haiku: Grammar mistakes are fine / if you are an editor and / rely on them for a living #GrammarDay
— Amanda (@operarose)
March 3, 2014
The mighty em-dash—
It’s 6–8 times bolder
Than the hyphen.
#grammarday #haiku— Ranjit Bhatnagar (@ranjit)
March 3, 2014
In dark moments when
we’re anti-grammar, you and
I are still pro-nouns.
#grammarday #haiku— Holly Ashworth (@ActuallyHolly)
March 3, 2014
For attorneys
@BryanAGarner is god
Write in plain English#grammarday
— Lex Hex (@Tingwall)
March 3, 2014
The ultimate truth / the comma is optional / two times out of three #GrammarDay
— Nick McRae (@Nick_McRae_)
March 3, 2014
@EditorMark @VisualThesaurus #grammarday
Using em dashes
can cause an interesting
juxtaposition— Winking Owl Writing (@The_Winking_Owl)
March 3, 2014
there is a word / they are often misspelling / in their English sentences
#grammarday #GrammarHaiku— Amanda (@operarose)
March 3, 2014
Grocer has gone mad
His sign says apples own all
Unnecessary #grammarday— Alison (@mitzy247)
March 3, 2014
Oh you passive voice
Strunk and White were black and white
But sometimes you fit#grammarday
— Lex Hex (@Tingwall)
March 3, 2014
The usage of yore / would heighten the confusion / of one great problem #GrammarDay
— Nick McRae (@Nick_McRae_)
March 3, 2014
@EditorMark @MandiMLindner
Oh, I see that your
excepting tweets in honor
of grammar heirs, ha#grammarday
— William (@MiltownBucky)
March 3, 2014
Style is a ‘mine’ field:
You may have your grammar views,
But I prefer mine. #grammarday— Brendan O’Brien (@Brendano7)
March 3, 2014
Oxford comma / Do not let them destroy you / you help me out #grammarday #GrammarHaiku
— Amanda (@operarose)
March 3, 2014
The English add ‘u’
in ‘colour’ — but how do they
explain ‘manoeuvre’?
#GrammarDay #spelling— Larry Kunz (@larry_kunz)
March 3, 2014
#grammarday
It’s “pundit,” stupid
Not political “pundant”
“Accepted,” my ass!@EditorMark #haiku #NationalGrammarDay
— Consolidated News (@ConsolidatedNws)
March 3, 2014
Do not hyphenate
-ly adverbs because
it is so very wrong!#grammarday
— Lex Hex (@Tingwall)
March 3, 2014
.@EditorMark @GrammarGirl
Prepositions are
Flexible, which some people
Must come to terms with. #grammarday #haiku— Anna Fruen (@Thiefree)
March 3, 2014
@EditorMark Bring back the hyphen
Is it old school-teacher
Or old-school teacher #grammarday— leslie (@crookedstamper)
March 3, 2014
.@EditorMark @GrammarGirl
Prepositions are
Flexible, which some people
Must come to terms with. #grammarday #haiku— Anna Fruen (@Thiefree)
March 3, 2014
#grammarday Haiku:
Oh, Apostrophe
Why do they misuse you so?
You are possessive. @EditorMark @GrammarGirl— Tim Johnson (@TimRelates)
March 3, 2014
Do not use effect
When you mean to use affect
It is contagious
#grammarday— Mazarkis Williams (@Mazarkis_W)
March 3, 2014
Coma and comma. / One might signify the end, / the other a pause. #grammarday
— Karen S. Conlin (@GramrgednAngel)
March 3, 2014
A flurry of words,
swirling, then coating the page—
Compact, pure, fleeting.
#grammarday— Jill Golden (@_goldengrams)
March 3, 2014
grammar is very/important in all our lives/their, there, they’re, people!! #grammarday @MichLampinen
— Maura McLaughlin (@distressingdame)
March 3, 2014
@EditorMark @GrammarGirl #grammarday haiku: Twitter should exempt // the Oxford comma from all // character limits
— Jessica (@JessicaGoldstei)
March 3, 2014
Some punctuation
looks angry in texts, said Tom
periodically.
— @MsKFlax
#GrammarDay #haiku #tomswifty http://t.co/1hZCEdbTLI— Mark Allen (@FakeEditorMark)
March 3, 2014
The Alphabet King
Was composed only of glyphs
— A man of letters.
#GrammarDay— Mededitor (@Mededitor)
March 3, 2014
“Chester drawer’s for sell.
Can sale with matching armwore.”
Craigslist makes me cringe.
#grammarday #haiku— Shauna (@shaunarum)
March 3, 2014
Punctuation needs
To be more important than
The Kardashians
#GrammarDay @copyeditors— marducey (@marducey)
March 3, 2014
Ignored, forsaken,
she deserves better. All hail
the apostrophe!
#grammarday— Sara Rosinsky (@SaraRosinsky)
March 3, 2014
You can call me Al,
But please omit me when you
Think ‘publically’. #grammarday— Brendan O’Brien (@Brendano7)
March 3, 2014
The comma splice, it’s
Not all wrong, never stopping
Lacks composure though#GrammarDay #haiku
— Ed Latham (@EdLatham)
March 3, 2014
Classy I will be
Staying, signed by the world’s most
Intransitive man #grammarday— Vince Tuss (@vtuss)
March 3, 2014
Serial comma
Hyphen, em dash or en
Grammar unites us
#GrammarDay— Gramar Guy (@gramarguy)
March 3, 2014
I wrote #haiku for my biggest #grammar pet peeves in honor of National #GrammarDay: http://t.co/bf7Ucn28CX
— Jennifer Barbour (@anotherjenb)
March 3, 2014
Writing speaks volumes
Without uttering a word
Read before you send
#GrammarDay— Nancy Kniskern (@nanidesigns)
March 3, 2014
My words, like branches,
Fall as I prune my own prose:
#GrammarDay selfie— Gord Roberts (@GordinaryWords)
March 3, 2014
commatose writer
in last colon cancer stage
comes to his full stop.
#GrammarDay— Houda Andalus Cheikh (@andaluslouisa)
March 3, 2014
Use of Comic Sans
You cannot be serious
The font should be banned
#grammarday #haiku— Jennifer Barbour (@anotherjenb)
March 2, 2014
Exclamation points
How excited can you be?
Just one should suffice
#grammarday #haiku— Jennifer Barbour (@anotherjenb)
March 2, 2014
No typewriters here
One space after period
Is the way to go
#grammarday #haiku— Jennifer Barbour (@anotherjenb)
March 2, 2014
A million retweets
Ellen wins the Internet.
Whither the subjunctive?
#grammarday #haiku #Oscars https://t.co/xNgqVWiSha— Mark Allen (@EditorMark)
March 2, 2014
If I were in a
subjunctive mood, I would wish
I were in Bali.
#grammarday #haiku #sickofwinter— Shauna (@shaunarum)
March 2, 2014
Sociolinguist – /
Deep In wild wordy woods of /
Decay and rebirth
#grammarday #haiku
— Robert Keim (@RobKeim)
March 2, 2014
Editors around
the world have many more than
forty words for “Phew!”
#grammarday #haiku— Stan Carey (@StanCarey)
March 3, 2014
An ode to grammar
i before e except
when spell check is broke
#grammarday— Gramar Guy (@gramarguy)
March 3, 2014
#GrammarDay #haiku / tweeted after noon Eastern / missed the deadline. Whoosh. http://t.co/4tnKuuAlQg #NodToDouglasAdams
— Dawn McIlvain Stahl (@PurplePenning)
March 3, 2014
“Kiss my assonance”
Vowel mouthed, but Consonant
Kept calm and kicked it.
#grammarday— J. Tullius (@BearingFardels)
March 2, 2014
Use “lie,” “lay?”
just grab an object
and “lay” away #grammarday— Ann McClure (@AnnMcC)
March 2, 2014
dangling from a thread
she screamed as the spider dropped
landing on her head
#haiku #proseperils #grammarday— madbeyond (@madbeyond)
March 2, 2014
Pedantry? Not so!
Revel in silliness through
Punctiliousness
#grammarday.— Lucia M. Flevares (@Lucia_Flevares)
March 2, 2014
Write it right, rewrite,
Wring its rot, and wright it wrought,
Edit and end it. #grammarday— Jonathan Feist (@jonathanfeist)
March 2, 2014
Let us eat grandma
That is not how we do things
You need a comma#grammarday
— John Tilford (@johntilford)
March 2, 2014
Oh apostrophe
How I wish others knew you are
Possessive not plural
#grammarday— Eliza Edgar (@ElizaEdgar)
March 2, 2014
Pedantic perhaps,
But I just can’t help myself,
On-line grammar judge. #GrammarDay— Jessica E Bowen (@apgopoteacher)
March 2, 2014
Need another way / to say “pastry”? Just go ask / a synonym roll. #grammarhaikus #grammarday #ACESchat
— zainah usman (@zttached)
March 2, 2014
Hey, net commenters / who omit apostrophes: / your an idiot. #grammarhaikus #grammarday #ACESchat
— zainah usman (@zttached)
March 2, 2014
I think that sometimes / a preposition is a / nice word to end with. #ACESchat #GrammarDay #haiku
— Daniel J. Dombrowski (@OCG_Dan)
March 2, 2014
Scratch a grammarian
Reveal a first-born child
A lover of rules
#GrammarDay— Julie Linden (@julieatlife)
March 2, 2014
Don’t be afraid, it’s
Not the end yet; it’s only
A semicolon#GrammarDay #haiku
— Ed Latham (@EdLatham)
March 2, 2014
Contest called haiku
but accepts irregular
verses–what the hell
#GrammarDay— John McIntyre (@johnemcintyre)
March 1, 2014
@madbeyond
function over form
the thought’s what counts (isn’t it)
compromise syntax
#grammarday #haiku— Nina V (@_Nina_V)
March 1, 2014
words are evolving
language is a teenager
grammar is old school
#grammarday #haiku— madbeyond (@madbeyond)
March 1, 2014
Between you and I,
sometimes it’s just too easy
to taunt the peevers.
#GrammarDay— John McIntyre (@johnemcintyre)
March 1, 2014
Too, many, commas,
Converts, the, flow, to, stop, and, go.
Eliminate them!
#GrammarDay— Naomi Karten (@NaomiKarten)
March 1, 2014
Errors if long-lived
will tend in time to become
the standard grammar
#GrammarDay— John McIntyre (@johnemcintyre)
March 1, 2014
@MsKFlax @EditorMark
In Scandinavia
Where equality matters
“Hen” was invented
http://t.co/mroNVsHGDp
#GrammarDay #haiku— Game of Haikus (@Val_Enderson)
March 1, 2014
Beneath my conscience
Languages start making sense
Now I must know why#haiku #linguistics #GrammarDay
http://t.co/qBFYSKiemr— Game of Haikus (@Val_Enderson)
March 1, 2014
Ranting and writing
On and on I cut and cut
Down to seventeen
#GrammarDay #haiku— Game of Haikus (@Val_Enderson)
March 1, 2014
Dreamy ellipsis
three little dots unfettered
and floating away…#GrammarDay
— Lisa Cherrett (@LCherrett)
March 1, 2014
Neutral third-person
singular pronoun: I hope
someday we’ll find them.
#GrammarDay #haiku (cc: @EditorMark)— Rachel Kamins (@MsKFlax)
March 1, 2014
Do not attempt a
semicolonoscopy.
Ask an editor. #GrammarDay— John McIntyre (@johnemcintyre)
March 1, 2014
The proofer’s lament:
Readers can’t see your catches—
only what you missed.
#grammarday— Shauna (@shaunarum)
March 1, 2014
Hesitating now…
colon; a semi-colon?
I’m never quite sure!
#GrammarDay— Mike Bowman (@mkarney44fan)
February 28, 2014
is bad text grammar
to blame for my lonely nights?
never gonna no.#GrammarDay— Miranda M. Boring (@MirandaMB3)
February 28, 2014
Words crawl out of the
primordial alphabet
soup and don’t look back.
#grammarday #haiku— Holly Ashworth (@ActuallyHolly)
February 28, 2014
#sorrynotsorry
For what I do to language
Love, Twitter #sueme#grammarday #haiku
— Ed Latham (@EdLatham)
February 28, 2014
My names reflect me—
My adjectives, verbs, adverbs;
No so your pronouns.
#grammarday #haiku #facebook— Will Fitzgerald (@willf)
February 28, 2014
Today, let’s have no
comma drama, no hyphen
hate. Let’s just love words.
#grammarday #haiku— Holly Ashworth (@ActuallyHolly)
February 28, 2014
Grammar essentials
go way back: school just refines
the work of infants.
#grammarday #haiku— Stan Carey (@StanCarey)
February 28, 2014
Red pen to paper / Beautiful markings to me / Correctness is art. #grammarday #haiku
— Holly Jones (@TheHollyJones)
February 28, 2014
Editing yourself
Is like cutting your own hair
You will miss a bit
#grammarday #haiku— Tom Freeman (@SnoozeInBrief)
February 28, 2014
Editor’s motto:
Be thorough, know your stuff, and
above all, know when it’s OK to break the rules
#grammarday #haiku— Holly Ashworth (@ActuallyHolly)
February 28, 2014
Strunk and White would be
the Bible in my desert
island library.#grammarday
— Julie Linden (@julieatlife)
February 27, 2014
Fertile zeugma makes
Meanings grow in two branches
And the reader’s mind
#grammarday #haiku— Tom Freeman (@SnoozeInBrief)
February 27, 2014
Good advice from Grampa
(he of the intrusive R):
Obey your Grammar.
#grammarday— Larry Kunz (@larry_kunz)
February 27, 2014
Etymology
Hints at a hidden truth: the
Glamour of grammar.
#grammarday #haiku— Stan Carey (@StanCarey)
February 27, 2014
If you have free reign
Trade your kingdom for a horse
Rein homophones in
#grammarday #haiku— Tom Freeman (@SnoozeInBrief)
February 27, 2014
Birdseed scattered on
melting snow. Ellipsis points
between winter and spring.#GrammarDay
— Julie Linden (@julieatlife)
February 26, 2014
“Let’s eat Grandma!”
“Let’s eat, Grandma!”
…….
Use a comma, save a grandma.
#GrammarDay
— Shelbster⚡ (@shelbyt9)
February 26, 2014
The comma pauses,
The participle dangles
The period ends.
#GrammarDay— Gramar Guy (@gramarguy)
February 26, 2014
Copy editors
Are needless when you can just
Publish and be dammed
#grammarday #haiku— Tom Freeman (@SnoozeInBrief)
February 26, 2014
Writing the haiku,
the dangling participle
sits there awkwardly.
#GrammarDay— William Reagan (@WilliamReagan)
February 26, 2014
A dash on the run,
A comma in a coma
And no questions asked?
#GrammarDay— Jeff Goodman (@jeffgoodman2)
February 26, 2014
Polar vortices
have lovely Latin endings
so why won’t they stop?
#GrammarDay— Rachel Kamins (@MsKFlax)
February 26, 2014
My friends always say
I am the grammar police
I prefer “correct”#GrammarDay
— Sara Fischer (@SaraFischerMPH)
February 26, 2014
In the seventh grade,
I diagrammed sentences.
Yes, I am that old.#GrammarDay
— Julie Linden (@julieatlife)
February 25, 2014
Look up at the sky
It’s raining semi-colons
Must be grammar day!
#GrammarDay— Michael Helfield (@MichaelHelfield)
February 25, 2014
Dangling as it is,
you will never understand
my modifier.
#GrammarDay— Rachel Kamins (@MsKFlax)
February 25, 2014
A #GrammarDay haiku:
If you’re [sic] feeling
Comes from errors in spelling,
Take up editing.— Monica Monzingo (@mmonzingo)
February 25, 2014
No comma splices
Semicolons can help you
Words drop like leaves. #GrammarDay— The Honorable Dennis (@den_down_unda)
February 25, 2014
Judging by its book,
Chicago must be the most
stylish of cities http://t.co/vbPExAlDjD #grammarday— Julie Linden (@julieatlife)
February 25, 2014
Low humor and hy-
phenation: the work of Cole
Porter or Perelman?
#GrammarDay— Katherine Harper (@kharper42)
February 25, 2014
Neutral third-person
Singular pronoun: I hope
Someday we’ll find them.
#GrammarDay— Rachel Kamins (@MsKFlax)
February 24, 2014
(This entry is about punctuation, not grammar.)
The apostrophe
wanders. Lost, stumbling.
Its seeking it’s proper place.#grammarday
— Julie Linden (@julieatlife)
New ways to express
Just get over it haters
Because poetry
#GrammarDay— hft (@homefriestoss)
My pen gently flows
Creating words to be read
Stay awhile, friend
#GrammarDay— Gramar Guy (@gramarguy)
I wrote a haiku
Not caring about grammar
Ir-regardlessly
#GrammarDay— Gramar Guy (@gramarguy)
doge haiku. amaze.
much brief. such japanese.
very poem. wow.
#GrammarDay http://t.co/ax4U2jNfnW— Rachel Kamins (@MsKFlax)
Ironically
They were literally killed
By coincidence
#GrammarDay— Keif (@MKeifetz)
punctuation marks
unemployed by AP Style
so many commas— Mama Joules (@MamaJoules)
February 23, 2014
Grammar Day: March 4
also Fat Tuesday this year
drunken conjugate!
Holly Ashworth @ActuallyHolly Feb 21
In a blog forest,
sad fruits of correction fall
from the pedant tree.
Nancy Friedman @Fritinancy Feb 21
To whom it concerns:
You’re using “whomever” wrong.
The bell tolls for thee.
bitcoin or Bitcoin/ who cares? it’s more than money/ still, go ‘btc’ in tweets #grammarday [not haiku tho if count ‘btc’ as indiv syllables]
I don’t wanna be/ buried in grammar graveyard/ said Oxford comma –me (with inspiration from The Ramones) #grammarday
Nancy Friedman @Fritinancy Feb 19
Heinz: “Where there’s happy.”
@Harrys: “Less expensiver.”
Branding weirds language.
Nancy Friedman @Fritinancy Feb 19
Yes, “ain’t” is a word.
Look it up in Webster’s Third.
Your peeve is absurd.
Nancy Friedman @Fritinancy Feb 19
Wow. Very poem.
Amaze syllabifying.
Because #grammarday.
Grammar ain’t but what we do.
(Bet you understood.)
James Callan @scarequotes Feb 19
I love the language
so please stop smothering it
under zombie rules.
Sneaking a mountain is hard
Please, please write ‘sneak peek’
Needless
Words
“Omit needless words”
Presupposes that you know
Which ones to expunge
When a zombie rule
Rises up to haunt you all
Whom you gonna call?
Brian Baresch @Editer
You all are aware / The correct name of this form / Is “senryu,” right? Right?
Brian Baresch @Editer
Good editors
Can finish a haiku
With room to spare.
John McIntyre @johnemcintyre Feb 19
Your editor knows / things about you your mother / never suspected.
Chris Smith@cswriter
ACES loves haiku
Fun, and good you didn’t trust
Us with limericks.
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