Tuesday, April 7, 2009

We all do make mistakes: These are my common ones

My mother tongue is full of twists

Full of grammar and sounds that I grew up to speak

Relating it back is hard to resist

When I write in English, it makes skills weak

 

For weeks I’ve learned the techniques

Through the days of English acquisition

And I’ve realized the mistakes “in” and “out”

Of my misuse of the prepositions

 

However, you see I placed a comma

Coz’ I learnt the error of comma splice

But I used to make a mistake so common

Not knowing the use of comma precise

 

The lengthy sentences are my style

When the thoughts flow like SMRT trains

Mistaking the subject-verb agreement

I start with daemons and end with saints

 

Modals are next in the list

Coz’ I wouldn’t know when I can use could

Now since I’ve learnt these twists

I would use the could pretty good