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First Line: I think that love's a proper noun,' said miss angelia gay
Last Line: "their grammar's not my grammar,"" said miss matila prim."
Subject(s): Grammar; Language; Words; Vocabulary


"I think that love's a proper noun," said Miss Amelia Gay;
"And man's another, never mind what fool grammarians say.
And church, and minister, and flowers, and organ, bells, and gown,
And ring and service, which of these is not a proper noun?
If these are not right proper nouns, won't some one tell me, pray,
Just what a proper noun should be?" asked Miss Amelia Gay.

"Salome's an improper noun," said Miss Matilda Prim;
"And Oscar Wilde's another, -- such a shocking tale of him!
And Cleopatra, Medici, and Paris -- wicked town!
And Mrs. Pankhurst, -- surely she is not a proper noun!
The folks that call these proper nouns have missed the paradigm.
Their grammar's not my grammar," said Miss Matila Prim.





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