.English language is being used in most of the countries at two levels: Functional and interactive English which conveys what the speaker or the writer wants to and Academic English, which says it beautifully and which is grammatically correct and delightful. It is distinctive as it is different and has the elements of poise and pause, both in writing and speaking.I would like to add a few more common mistakes in the write up by Preeti Shirodkar. These are: 1.The use of S form 2.An aversion to use Pronouns 3.Omission of articles a, an and the, with adjective and noun 4.The wrong use and placement of adverbs 5.The improper use of connectives 6.disuse of phrases
There are many more but it needs a purposeful change in teaching strategies.
Re: hilarious
by Nayak Nayak on Mar 01, 2012 06:51 PM
In fact it is other way round. English medium students hardly write or speak English correctly especially convent studied.
Re: Re: hilarious
by rr t on Mar 29, 2012 02:38 PM
Yes. They are good only in conversational english and that too in slangs. Can't speak gramatically corect english.
Re: are u getting what this ladies saying
by Rao on Dec 03, 2011 01:47 PM
Are you getting what this lady is saying or Are you getting what these ladies are saying
I am sorry, I cant accept that hair has to be referred to in plural. You dont say 'Her hair were blonde and eyes were black'. You say 'Her hair was blonde and eyes were blue'.
Re: The hair on her head was tied in a neat bun
by Ajay Srivastava on Mar 18, 2012 02:13 AM
:) agree.. plural of hair is also hair thus followed by the singular verb rather than plural.. reminds me of my English teacher from class 7; it is also important to understand that there will be a difference in the written vs colloquial English. News and most social networking, although, accomplished as written language are closer to spoken than written English. otherwise who would accept more than one periods at the end of a sentence or phrase ..... ?
Re: The hair on her head was tied in a neat bun
by Humayun Nawab on Mar 29, 2012 10:37 PM
Absolutely. The above blunder renders the whole quiz to a lame joke :p
One word almost every Indian newsreader including people like Rajdeep Sardesai and Barkha Dutt the pronounces wrongly is "controversy". The first "o" they pronounce like 'u' in 'cup' and the second 'o' they pronounce like 'o' in cop. The correct pronunciation is "controversy" with the first 'o' as the 'o' in cop and the second 'o', as the 'u' in cup. I will pay Rs.1000/- to anyone who proves what I have stated is wrong.
Re: Correct pronunciation
by Siddhartha Sanghi on Jul 20, 2011 02:08 AM
you're wrong dude... browse through the dictionary... that is the correct pronounciation...
Re: Correct pronunciation
by Ravi Iyer on Mar 29, 2012 10:37 PM
both ways of pronunciation are correct. Some common errors by Indians - bury, incomparable, opportunity. Bury is "bery", not bary Incomparable is "incawmprable", not incumparehble opportunity is "awperchunity", not upawrchunity
I am shocked to hear on TV channels, even learned Indians pronouncing words like: 1) Certainty as certainity 2) Sovereignty as sovereignity and writing: please be rest assured, instead of: please rest assured.
Re: Mistakes in English
by bhaskar on Dec 06, 2011 07:07 PM
indians can speak british, latin, US, hinglish, tinglish and lots of other stuff( and desi english) - now called kolaveri language unlike others
Re: Mistakes in English
by bhaskar on Dec 06, 2011 07:07 PM
indians can speak british, latin, US, hinglish, tinglish and lots of other stuff( and desi english) - now called kolaveri language unlike others
Re: Mistakes in English
by pravin chaudhary on Mar 01, 2012 12:55 PM
its ok dude, it is not their native language. Have you seen the English of non-English Europeans?