ABPA - Australian Bush Poets Association

Thanks Robyn. Glad you liked it.

Mal

I would treat these as two sentences, and put a full stop in the middle.

Yes Stephen. But should you have put a comma in the middle of that sentence? Me thinks you were having a little secret joke.

Stephen Whiteside wrote: I would treat these as two sentences, and put a full stop in the middle.

If it is the same judge as in past years Mal I would not place to much faith in the critique. You would better to show it to Glenny after the comp, would be more value for money.




Bob

I reckon judges are like the rest of us and some have different views to others, some appear quite strict while others may appear more lenient.
I suspect though if you have an outstanding poem and the punctuation is reasonable, your poem will usually be rewarded.

Terry

I'm going to do some shopping today. I'm not sure what I will do tomorrow.

These are both complete sentences, complete with subject, verb and object.

True Stephen, that approach is fine with the two clauses too. Because both clauses are related by what the person is doing, they can be linked by a comma or semi-colon. It is a legitimate single sentence answer to the question, "What are you doing today and tomorrow?"

The other option is to link the two with the word 'and' - the comma or the semi-colon are appropriate substitutions for 'and' in this case. As Mal has called it, a listing comma.

Yes, fair enough.

I was going to do some shopping today as well Stephen but I didn't, now I know what I am doing tomorrow

on the other hand, John,

These could be two short sentences. Regarding judges, we fall back to the old - that judge on that day. We will never be able to please all the judges, all the time.