02-28-2013, 01:53 AM
Usually it's sad as an adjective. Sadness as the state of being sad, or like someone's sadness, both as a noun. But sometimes people use nouns as adjectives for various reasons, though some would say it's not technically correct.
You're right about: falls sorrow's rain. Falls with the s, I mean. Though sometimes people think of individual raindrops, and they say fall. I'd say falls, too though. I had a poem where I wrote falls in a similar situation, but when I read it out loud I said fall, because I liked it better. Sometimes I didn't and said it the way I wrote it.
Language is always evolving. But if you're trying to be clear, and new to the language, I guess it's best to know the "accepted usage". Then later on, you can play around with it all you want. People talk all kinds of ways, sometimes the incorrect things stick and become "Accepted". But you probably know that already.
You're right about: falls sorrow's rain. Falls with the s, I mean. Though sometimes people think of individual raindrops, and they say fall. I'd say falls, too though. I had a poem where I wrote falls in a similar situation, but when I read it out loud I said fall, because I liked it better. Sometimes I didn't and said it the way I wrote it.
Language is always evolving. But if you're trying to be clear, and new to the language, I guess it's best to know the "accepted usage". Then later on, you can play around with it all you want. People talk all kinds of ways, sometimes the incorrect things stick and become "Accepted". But you probably know that already.