let's hear it for good english!
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mayoraaseiI agree...
...If only up to the bit where it started to sound like there is some thespian conspiracy to undermine the "lower class" by removing their "rights to good English"....
I have to say I'm on the pedantic side for English ==;; Though my skills have fade in the last 3 years due to overexposure to yummy scientific jargon, our uni's Honi Soit (especially last year's editors) has such atrocious proof-reading that I cannot feel at peace until I've dug out a red marker and circled all their mistakes ==;;;
And yesterday, while reading an international student's poster abstract on HIV, I ended up editing all the grammatical mistakes ==;;;;;; Well...it's not surprising that Asians tend to trip over where to put "the"s and where not, since the definite article1 doesn't even exist in our language ==;
The editing ended in an argument over the word formidable ==; "Research to find an effective vaccine and treatment is both necessary and formidable." I swear that sounds weird. I don't know why, but unless research is qualified as a task or work or something...it just sounds odd to say "formidable research". Like. "Formidable lunch". Huh? Exactly.
And the guy kept insisting that it made sense in Chinese =___=;;;;
1. Did you know, "the" is also an adverb.
...If only up to the bit where it started to sound like there is some thespian conspiracy to undermine the "lower class" by removing their "rights to good English"....
I have to say I'm on the pedantic side for English ==;; Though my skills have fade in the last 3 years due to overexposure to yummy scientific jargon, our uni's Honi Soit (especially last year's editors) has such atrocious proof-reading that I cannot feel at peace until I've dug out a red marker and circled all their mistakes ==;;;
And yesterday, while reading an international student's poster abstract on HIV, I ended up editing all the grammatical mistakes ==;;;;;; Well...it's not surprising that Asians tend to trip over where to put "the"s and where not, since the definite article1 doesn't even exist in our language ==;
The editing ended in an argument over the word formidable ==; "Research to find an effective vaccine and treatment is both necessary and formidable." I swear that sounds weird. I don't know why, but unless research is qualified as a task or work or something...it just sounds odd to say "formidable research". Like. "Formidable lunch". Huh? Exactly.
And the guy kept insisting that it made sense in Chinese =___=;;;;
1. Did you know, "the" is also an adverb.
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Date: 2006-10-12 11:15 am (UTC)*grin* very subtle, fenglet ;D
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Date: 2006-10-12 11:17 am (UTC)It's so subtle that even I didn't notice it XDDD
You get bonus points!
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Date: 2006-10-13 01:22 pm (UTC)tale of what? oh the halloween plot? o_O nah, I can't play flash things on this computer and I haven't bothered to try it out elsewhere. I do like plot prizes, but after trying the altador one, I'm kinda reluctant to go through the whole process again. +_+ hehe, plus I've been swamped with uni and assignment marking recently ;)
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Date: 2006-10-12 11:19 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-10-12 11:29 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-10-13 01:26 pm (UTC)I like your "you can call me master ^_^" icon btw :)
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Date: 2006-10-12 11:28 am (UTC)Maybe you should pre-read / beta-read my fanfics! If I ever write again.. >_>;;; I'm sure I'll make you cringe. =P
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Date: 2006-10-12 01:21 pm (UTC)Feel sorry for your monitor =(
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Date: 2006-10-13 02:41 am (UTC)I can handle typos and mistakes in an instant message situation.
But for stuff that's written and should have been proof-read, I expect standard English at least ==;
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Date: 2006-10-12 01:53 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-10-13 02:45 am (UTC)