Saturday 11 May 2013

Re: [wanabidii] Re: English Grammar and Pronunciation

Adam,

Very true. Your version is even better. It's shorter and clearer. Infact when not sure whether to use Because or That, avoid the whole thing by going to: " I'm buying that car because ........"

Courage




On Sat, May 11, 2013 at 3:06 AM, lingson adam <lingsadam@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

Thanks Maurice for this piece. You have reminded me of a book,'common mistakes...'

As with the first sentence, I totally agree with you on faulting the 'reason why ...is because...' type of construction'. However, I am wandering if it couldn't be more correct this way;
i) The reason I am buying that car is that..... To mean (the same);
ii)I am buying that car because it has......
  ahsante.
 

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Subject: [wanabidii] Re: English Grammar and Pronunciation

Roz,

I don't think these Journalism schools are teaching these Reporters any basic pronunciation at all. I would like to attend one of those schools as research just to see how the lecturers themselves pronounce some of these words.

Courage


On Sat, May 11, 2013 at 12:47 AM, roz kahumbu <rozkah2005@yahoo.com> wrote:


I had to google the pronunciation of ' devolved' yesterday.
The news reader drove me nuts!!

It's di volved...as I'd thought...not dervolved like she kept repeating.







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Sent: Saturday, May 11, 2013 7:09 AM
Subject: English Grammar and Pronunciation

Guys and Gals,

I just want to bring to your attention 2 items that have become pet peeves of mine lately. One has to do with simple grammar and the other, pronunciation.

Let's see:

1.  I have often heard people say:

The reason why I am buying that car is because it has more room in the boot/trunk for our luggage should we have to travel as a family.


The correct way to say this is:

The reason why I am buying that car is that it has more room in the boot/trunk for our luggage should we travel as a family. 

2. The name Xavier. The most famous form of this name is St. Francis Xavier. It's a French name so it must be pronounced the way the French pronounce it.

Let me use Kiswahili as a base for pronunciation.

People, especially the English-inclined, say  Zevia
Africans generally say  Zavia or Ksavia or Ksavie

The correct way to pronounce this name is:  G-zavie

I hope this will come in handy to those who were not sure. I too had trouble with these 2 items, among thousands of others, in my Secondary School years.


Courage
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