Change your grammar

In English language, I speak and write quite well

On how I formulate my sentences, I don’t often dwell

I am focused on the content, I don’t pay

Attention to grammar, I must say

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I had not realized grammar had anything to do

With a person’s personality and worldview

Until I came across a thought-provoking book

That professed grammar affected one’s outlook

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It helps to change from passive to active voice

If to assert yourself more strongly you have made a choice

Placing punctuation marks strategically is a powerful tool

Where the sentence can be changed without bending any rule..

By using the conjunction “but” you improve your storytelling ability

You create an expectation before the “but” and then dash it quickly

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Once we’ve learnt grammar we don’t stop to think

How we construct our sentences, or what the link

Between the grammatical construction of our sentences, and

The rest of our life happens to be, we don’t understand

How grammar shapes our outlook on life and how our outlook

Determines how we speak and write, how we use the rule book..

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When I write, I focus on the content, then the words, and now

I shall focus on the grammar, in order to allow

The best possible version of my writing to emerge

Let the plot, the words, and their placement all converge