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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
The waters' weight
Is it grammatically correct to use the expression "the waters' weight" in a poem? I know that "the weight of the waters" is more common, but it doesn't fit! 
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So-called poets seem to write whatever they like in their poems. As you mean the weight of the waters then it's correct. Rover
- So-called poets seem to write whatever they like in their poems.
- As you mean the weight of the waters then it's correct.
- Rover
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So-called poets seem to write whatever they like in their poems.
As you mean the weight of the waters then it's correct.
Rover
As you mean the weight of the waters then it's correct.
Rover
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In poetry, you have loads of "poetic license." However, what you write still has to make some sort of sense, and "the weight of the waters," or "the waters' weight," doesn't seem to make any kind of sense to me, in any conceivable context.
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