Friday 28 June 2013

[wanabidii] Re: [Mabadiliko] Re: (VVM Forum) English Grammar

Good one...
But we don't say :            The trouser fit my son
We say : The trousers fit my son
(we don't put on one trouser, do we?)


On 9 June 2013 11:06, Maurice Oduor <mauricejoduor@gmail.com> wrote:
Heheheheheheheheheeeeee !!!!!!!!!

Parasis,

Philip Ochieng' is a fool. He corrects people in a condescending manner. No one wants to be told he/she is wrong. You have to preserve the dignity of the person even as you point out the mistake he/she made.

Talking about correcting folks, I just noticed a "sin" in one of the postings by someone (I will not name him/her) today on some West African forum. Just in case it was not a typo, let me clear it up.

We don't say:           The number of votes casted
The correct way is:  The number of votes cast

Also,

We don't say:          This shirt costed me 20k
The correct way is: This shirt cost me 20k

While I'm at it,

We don't say:  The trouser fitted my son
We say:            The trouser fit my son

Cast, Cost and Fit  are those strange words that are normally their own Past Tenses.

I hope this clarifies things for anyone out there who was not sure.

Courage




On Sun, Jun 9, 2013 at 3:24 AM, <bapfrancis@gmail.com> wrote:
 

Hehehe awk Morriss

I note that Philip Ochieng often takes time to correct folks on English grammer as well



Francis
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From: Maurice Oduor <mauricejoduor@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 9 Jun 2013 03:15:57 -0400
To: VVM Vuguvugu Mashinani<VuguVuguMashinani@yahoogroups.com>
Subject: Re: (VVM Forum) English Grammar

 

Come on, Parasis, you're probably not the intended audience for this type of question. Of course you're right. You'll be shocked what you read in newspapers when some journalists try to negotiate A and THE.

Courage



On Sun, Jun 9, 2013 at 2:44 AM, <bapfrancis@gmail.com> wrote:
 

MO

The second sentence is specific identifying a particular chief while the first is not.

Francis

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From: Maurice Oduor <mauricejoduor@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 9 Jun 2013 02:23:07 -0400
To: VVM Vuguvugu Mashinani<VuguVuguMashinani@yahoogroups.com>
Subject: Re: (VVM Forum) English Grammar

 

"Faiza",

Why don't you give us the answer here?

What's the difference between these 2 sentences? Please explain.

I asked a Chief to arrest the people who were encroaching on my land.

I asked the Chief to arrest the people who were encroaching on my land.

Courage



On Sat, Jun 8, 2013 at 11:17 PM, Faiza Hassan <wasitara@gmail.com> wrote:
 

Online Lecturer. Where is Alpine. I advised him to join your online
class. Did he email you?



On 6/8/13, Maurice Oduor <mauricejoduor@gmail.com> wrote:
> Lately, I've been noticing some common mistakes in Kenyan newspapers and I
> simply can not resist sharing them here with you. These are things that
> used to cause me a lot headaches all through Primary and Secondary schools.
>
> What's the difference between these 2 sentences? Please explain.
>
> *I asked a Chief to arrest the people who were encroaching on my land.
>
> *
> *I asked the Chief to arrest the people who were encroaching on my land*.

>
> For most people, especially with university education, this should not be a
> problem. But some of our print journalists have been using a and the
> interchangeably, I guess, without thinking about then keenly.
>
> Courage
>



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