The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #157237   Message #3709602
Posted By: Steve Gardham
18-May-15 - 04:31 AM
Thread Name: Grammar for Songwriters
Subject: RE: Grammar for Songwriters
Joe, from an English teacher of some 40 years or so, have you never heard of poetic licence? Correct grammar in artistic items is not required or sought by anyone other than the pedantic. If it communicates the desired meaning to whoever will be listening then no harm done!

Next week sees the publication of The Wanton Seed (at last). Whilst the grammar used in the introduction and notes should be perfect, the book was passed back and forth between various editors over the last 3 years and when it came back to us to proof read someone had taken out almost all but the very basic minimum requirement of the punctuation from the song texts. It would have taken far too long and meant further delays to replace it all, and then I decided I quite liked it like that. Very uncluttered, and no meaning is obscured by having it like this. So when you get your brand new copy please be kind about the lack of punctuation. I like it.