Baffling English Grammar
Durin' my shaky academic career I was an 'A' pupil in gym and art,
But when it came to parsin' sentences, my grades just fell apart!
I could never get the drift or hang of puzzlin' English grammar,
Tho' teachers tried to pound such in my skull with not a too gentle hammer!
Beyond me was the understandin' and use of conjunctions,
Nor did I perceive anything about indefinite articles and their functions.
Predicates and past and present tenses I would not dare define,
Nor could I figger out how verbs and adverbs intertwine.
The definition and use of nouns and pronouns gave me a fit,
And describing adjectives, well, I could hardly pronounce or spell it.
I could not conceive the rules regardin' simple interjections,
And Lord have mercy if teach called on me to explain prepositions!
Somehow I muddled through English classes to gain my degree,
But I could have done without parsin' sentences if'n it was left up to me!
Robert L. Hinshaw, CMSgt, USAF, Retired
Copyright © Robert L. Hinshaw | Year Posted 2018
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