Dear Friends,
It has been long since I posted anything in here. I would like to encourage such discussions but we should clarify which grammar are we talking about because there are many grammars. Are we talking about desciptive grammar or prescriptive grammar? Some of the so called English grammar may be what we may call in applied linguistics as neo-colonialism syndrome. We should be careful.
From: Maurice Oduor <mauricejoduor@gmail.com>
To: Progressive Kenyans <progressive-kenyans@googlegroups.com>
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Sent: Monday, June 10, 2013 2:15 AM
Subject: Re: [PK] English Grammar
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Sent: Monday, June 10, 2013 2:15 AM
Subject: Re: [PK] English Grammar
88,
Let me remind you of a scenario that you probably saw countless of times on school playgrounds. The weakest or the smallest guy was always getting bullied and a lot of times he had to fight back to defend his honour and dignity. He got into a lot of fights. At some point, he earned a reputation as "that kid really likes fighting". I'm sad to say that I'm that kid on the school playground. I'm an easy mark for everyone, an easy target, especially once the reputation takes hold that I like fighting. On Sun, Jun 9, 2013 at 2:20 PM, WANJIKU.GITHINJI.88 <rose.wanjiku88@yahoo.com> wrote:
Teacher Maurice - I wish you could be doing this rather than engaging in fights. Keep up! Personally I cannot teach English; It was not my subject. Talk of History and Social Ethics I attained a clean A. My dream was to pursue Political science at UON - but I ended up at Kalenjin land.From: Maurice Oduor <mauricejoduor@gmail.com>Date: Sun, 9 Jun 2013 04:06:05 -0400To: VVM Vuguvugu Mashinani<VuguVuguMashinani@yahoogroups.com>ReplyTo: progressive-kenyans@googlegroups.comCc: Progressive Kenyans<progressive-kenyans@googlegroups.com>; wanakenya@googlegroups.com<wanakenya@googlegroups.com>; KOL<kenyaonline@yahoogroups.com>; Kiswahili<Kiswahili@yahoogroups.com>; mabadilikotanzania<mabadilikotanzania@googlegroups.com>; wanabidii<wanabidii@googlegroups.com>Subject: [PK] Re: (VVM Forum) English GrammarThe correct way is: This shirt cost me 20kWe don't say: This shirt costed me 20kAlso,The correct way is: The number of votes castWe don't say: The number of votes castedTalking 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.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.Heheheheheheheheheeeeee !!!!!!!!!Parasis, While I'm at it, We don't say: The trouser fitted my sonWe 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 wellFrancis Sent from my BlackBerry®From: Maurice Oduor <mauricejoduor@gmail.com>Date: Sun, 9 Jun 2013 03:15:57 -0400To: VVM Vuguvugu Mashinani<VuguVuguMashinani@yahoogroups.com>ReplyTo: VuguVuguMashinani@yahoogroups.comSubject: Re: (VVM Forum) English GrammarCome 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.
FrancisSent from my BlackBerry®From: Maurice Oduor <mauricejoduor@gmail.com>Date: Sun, 9 Jun 2013 02:23:07 -0400To: VVM Vuguvugu Mashinani<VuguVuguMashinani@yahoogroups.com>ReplyTo: VuguVuguMashinani@yahoogroups.comSubject: Re: (VVM Forum) English GrammarCourage"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. 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?> *I asked a Chief to arrest the people who were encroaching on my land.On 6/8/13, Maurice Oduor <mailto:mauricejoduor%40gmail.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 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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