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> Try ending with the question, rather than leading it. For instance, taking your line about weird foods and flipping the sentences yields this:

My sentence structure is almost always question first then statement, not the best form, but one that seems to come naturally to me. I'll work on flipping it around!

Then again I enjoy abuse of English in general, one the sign offs to a message I sent went as such:

With the names of artists hanging in the air, I shall end this message, with hopes of hearing a reply.

(That one did get a reply!)

I have done other hideous things on OKC as well, including getting into a short story writing contest with an English teacher one time. That was enjoyable. :-D



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