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 | | From: | Michael Mendelsohn | | Subject: | A glown poem | | Date: | Sat, 22 Jan 2005 11:24:51 +0100 |
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 | Verbs ending in -ow always have a past particple ending in -owed
(e.g. flow, has flowed). Some also have a PP ending in -own, although
teh only one I can think of is sow.
Earlier today, I tried to piece together a poem that illustrated the
wrong past participle. Can anyone improve on it?
On a boat I had her rown
upon the tranquil river flown
whilst the fullest moon a-glown
where the snow had freshly snown.
By the time the cock had crown
she had finally to me she shown
that indeed she loved me sown.
Cheers
Michael
--
Still an attentive ear he lent Her speech hath caused this pain
But could not fathom what she meant Easier I count it to explain
She was not deep, nor eloquent. The jargon of the howling main
-- from Lewis Carroll: The Three Usenet Trolls
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| | From: | Adrian Bailey | | Subject: | Re: A glown poem | | Date: | Sun, 23 Jan 2005 13:22:45 GMT |
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| "Michael Mendelsohn" wrote in message
news:41F229F3.DB6FB5A@msgid.michael.mendelsohn.de...
> Verbs ending in -ow always have a past particple ending in -owed
> (e.g. flow, has flowed). Some also have a PP ending in -own, although
> teh only one I can think of is sow.
blown, grown, mown, shown, thrown. Nice idea, btw, though there's some
confusion of tenses.
Adrian
> Earlier today, I tried to piece together a poem that illustrated the
> wrong past participle. Can anyone improve on it?
>
> On a boat I had her rown
> upon the tranquil river flown
> whilst the fullest moon a-glown
> where the snow had freshly snown.
> By the time the cock had crown
> she had finally to me she shown
> that indeed she loved me sown.
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