they not only ruled india for 200 years but impose their culture, language on us.. even Gandhiji, Bhagat Singh oppose their culture and burn western clothes in protest.. but brits succeeded in their mission.. they succeeded in fooling indians that much that indians start feeling ashamed of their culture, language.. now, we are learning english like a parrot..
Re: britishers were brilliant
by attacker on Apr 02, 2013 10:07 AM
Can India rule a country. and then impose its own culture and language in that country.. For example, India rule China for 200 years and then after they leave China... Now, in China people start wearing indian clothes.. start eating indian food.. start speaking hindi or tamil.. and feel ashamed of chinese language.. even after 65 years of independence... this is what brits does to india..
The 10 chosen by the author of this article are very trivial ones and hardly noticeable. Grammatical errors are more glaring and they are the ones to be discussed. eg. He is taller than me or He is taller than I. Which one is correct?
Re: Re: Much ado about nothing....
by Rajesh on Apr 20, 2013 08:28 AM
"He is taller than I (am)" is correct. But dont write the "am" shown in brackets, cos that's obvious.
Re: write English and not Hinglish
by Rajib Chakraborty on Apr 02, 2013 09:48 AM
Some people have this nasty habit of banging good advice. It is the same as what happens in our police stations, where, when some 'aam aadmi' goes to file a complaint the police harasses him/her first.
we have evolved what is called Indian english as language and we also have sub-english in India like Madrasi english, gujarati english, bongla english Punjabi english and not the last Laooo bihari english
So we have Desis,Videshish..& we have movies like English-Veenglish..Folks,in US NRI's commonly use term for new Indian entrants there as "Desis"..Really, we are proving our selves to be more than Aam Admi(sorry Mango People)..You know who called us Mango People??
All the others I do agree to, but I think introducing oneself as "Myself xyz" is not at all wrong; it is definitely better than the Queen's own agent saying, "The name is Bond; James Bond." That is bad english, is the Queen listening?
Re: Is the Queen listening?
by naheed shah on Apr 01, 2013 05:05 PM
It is absolutely wrong to say Myself xyz. By this reasoning do you mean to say that while introducing someone else we can say Himself/Herself xyz. Myself is an emphatic or reflexive pronoun and should be used as: I myself did the project. He himself gave it to me.
Page 9: The comparative degree works in three ways: Correct: It should be “Comparative degree work in three ways” as the degree although seems singular it takes up a plural reference and thus cannot be followed by works (singular) Page 10(Last): As you become aware of these and change to the correct forms, you may start noticing other errors that need attention. Error: Sentence incompleteness- As you become aware of these mistakes OR As you become aware of them (accusative) and change to the correct forms, Another mistake in the sentence: Same as its not wise to use “repeat again” or “return back” it would have been wiser if the author would have used “You may notice other errors that need attention” instead of “You may start noticing other errors that need attention. Two reason for it: 1) The sentence is result of an action 2) Simple future tense.
Re: Irony: Author herself made some blunders! Part-2
by naheed shah on Apr 01, 2013 05:00 PM
I think the person who pointed out the mistake is wrong. Degree can be used in the plural form also, example: She grew angrier by degrees. So to point out this mistake , I think is unjustified. One can certainly say, there are three degrees of comparison.
Re: Re: Irony: Author herself made some blunders! Part-2
by abhi srivastava on Apr 01, 2013 07:10 PM
Please carefully read the lines as I am being misinterpreted. What I mentioned is "Comparative degree" is plural thus instead of "Works"(Singular Verb) you need to use "Work"(Plural Verb)
Page: 0 Mumbai points out the common mistakes Indians make and tells you how you can avoid them. Correct: Indian’s English today is both a commonly used and also the most misused (misunderstood) language, Correct: As “Both” is previously mentioned using “Also” is incorrect. English today is both a commonly used and the most misused (misunderstood) language, In India we already have many regional idiosyncrasies of English. Correct: Indian’s have various regional idiosyncrasies when it comes to English. some common mistakes that seem to spread almost uniformly across the country. Correct: some common mistakes habitual across the country. Let's see what these are and what we can do to correct these. Correct: Let’s see them and how to correct it. Page 5: Many English laureates especially form BPO industry and self acclaimed avant-garde preach not using “Myself XYZ” as a way of introduction but truth is it’s absolutely correct in English or grammar to use this style of introduction how weirdly precise or incomplete it may sound. Page 8: The common mistake is to say: "Unless you will not complete the work you will not go home." Correct: Writer must use “A common mistake” instead of “The common mistake” as the second part of speech is specific about the mistake. The intention is to exemplify what mistakes is done by majority of people. For example: English is the common language in India
Re: Irony: Author herself made some blunders!
by abhi srivastava on Apr 01, 2013 04:33 PM
Page 9: The comparative degree works in three ways: Correct: It should be “Comparative degree work in three ways” as the degree although seems singular it takes up a plural reference and thus cannot be followed by works (singular) Page 10(Last): As you become aware of these and change to the correct forms, you may start noticing other errors that need attention. Error: Sentence incompleteness- As you become aware of these mistakes OR As you become aware of them (accusative) and change to the correct forms, Another mistake in the sentence: Same as its not wise to use “repeat again” or “return back” it would have been wiser if the author would have used “You may notice other errors that need attention” instead of “You may start noticing other errors that need attention. Two reason for it: 1) The sentence is result of an action 2) Simple future tense.
Re: Irony: Author herself made some blunders!
by abhi srivastava on Apr 01, 2013 04:39 PM
For example: English is the common language in India. (Wrong) English is a common language in India. (Correct)
