English has got no formula. I suppose you could drop the words "why" and "that" and the correct statement could be: "The reason I am buying that car is it has more room in the boot/trunk for our luggage should we travel as a family" . Anyway, English language is very funny.
From: Maurice Oduor <mauricejoduor@gmail.com>
To: wanabidii <wanabidii@googlegroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, May 11, 2013 11:05 AM
Subject: Re: [wanabidii] Re: English Grammar and Pronunciation
Lakini I'm willing to help whoever needs help. They can just send me the written material privately and I'll be honoured to offer assistance. English is one of the most difficult languages to learn because there is no formula to follow. You learn to read each word separately and by memory. Take this example:
The word ROUGH (Raf) GH has an F sound
But in THOUGHT (Thot) GH is now silent
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From: Maurice Oduor <mauricejoduor@gmail.com>
To: wanabidii <wanabidii@googlegroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, May 11, 2013 11:05 AM
Subject: Re: [wanabidii] Re: English Grammar and Pronunciation
Heheheheheheheheheheheeeeeee !!!!!!!
Anna, kufundisha nindahitaji at least a B.Ed lakini maskini miye ni Engineer. Lakini I'm willing to help whoever needs help. They can just send me the written material privately and I'll be honoured to offer assistance. English is one of the most difficult languages to learn because there is no formula to follow. You learn to read each word separately and by memory. Take this example:
English has no formula a set of letters may not be pronounced the same way in different words. This is why English is very difficult to learn.
Courage
Courage
On Sat, May 11, 2013 at 3:54 AM, anna nyanga <luguanna@yahoo.com> wrote:
Maurice, you could open an adult class in Wanabidii.!I have a book ..Punctuation Guide...A pracatical guide to the basic rules of writing.. Created in Cooperation with the Editors of Merriam-Webster.Price of a book is equivalent to a bottle of a beer in Dar or Nairobi or Kampala!From: lingson adam <lingsadam@yahoo.co.uk>
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Sent: Saturday, May 11, 2013 9:06 AM
Subject: Re: [wanabidii] Re: English Grammar and Pronunciation
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.From: Maurice Oduor <mauricejoduor@gmail.com>
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Sent: Saturday, May 11, 2013 7:58 AM
Subject: [wanabidii] Re: English Grammar and Pronunciation
CourageRoz,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.
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.From: Maurice Oduor <mauricejoduor@gmail.com>
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Sent: Saturday, May 11, 2013 7:09 AM
Subject: English Grammar and Pronunciation
CourageI 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.The correct way to pronounce this name is: G-zavieAfricans generally say Zavia or Ksavia or KsaviePeople, especially the English-inclined, say ZeviaLet me use Kiswahili as a base for pronunciation.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.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.The correct way to say this is: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.1. I have often heard people say: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:
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