Comments on: Grammatical errors that sticks in your throat

By: K

Mon, 28 May 2007 01:59:33 +0000

Nye, “… many Asians are holding high-ranking positions in the office, such as CEO, Controller, etc.”

True, even on the entertainment side, a lot of Asians are now making big in Hollywood.

inthesity, I do notice tho’ that if you attempt to speak French, they’ll give you the face because they consider themselves intellectually superior. They think, only French people has the right to speak their language. Their usual attitude, ‘we are the best’, hehehe. But good to know that you read and leave comments here, at least one or another, you share ideas and learn something from my blog, likewise learning myself Spanish.

By: inthesity

Sun, 27 May 2007 14:18:45 +0000

You´re wrigth, but the difference is that spanish is my mother tonge, and English is your second.
Redading an comenting blogs make me improve my English, but it´s still quite bad. Maybe one day I can post in English, now I do but with a lot of mistakes and garmatical errors.
Treee years ago wen to Africa and in that trip I realized that I also can speak french but only speak.

By: Nye

Sun, 27 May 2007 04:00:57 +0000

I attended a city university in NYC (CUNY) and the majority of the students are Asian, and I’ve to admit that we’re doing well and graduating with honors. One of my bosses that live in NYC once said that many Asians are holding high-ranking positions in the office, such as CEO, Controller, etc. I think things are changing, instead of Asian being the minority in the office; it’s the majority for some big cities now.

Thanks for the feedback on my writing, my oldest sister told me that also, but she’s my sister, it’s good to hear from another person.

By: K

Sat, 26 May 2007 21:29:21 +0000

Grammatical errors are distracting really and I sure am one of those who commit those grammatical mistakes. These days, we tend to communicate via the keyboard as much as we do verbally. I guess it’s expected, no biggie there although other times, we try to invest a little care, avoiding mistakes so that there’s no confusion about what we’re saying.

Americans? You made me think there.

By: Wengistein

Sat, 26 May 2007 05:43:29 +0000

The most common ones like they’re/there/their and affect/effect. Those are the ones from the top of my head, but I can’t stand it when people make grammatical mistakes. It makes me want to shoot them. And funny enough, most of the people I know (not personally) who make grammatical mistakes are American.

By: K

Sat, 26 May 2007 05:40:25 +0000

Diane, I have the same sentiments - in Hong Kong, since it was a former British colony, the use of English is different. One time, I was in the bus when I read this warning sign that says, “do not talk to the driver whilst the bus is in motion”, I argued at myself whether the word ‘WHILST’ was mispelled. Funny how most people spell it as ‘WHILE’, it was kinda weird for me. Spelling words we use such as “Harbour” instead of “Harbor”, or “Centre instead of “Center”. That made me confused since US English is widely used in the Philippines, I would say, “dump this British English”. I’d like to pretend tho’ that my accent is British. Hey, sometimes you’ve gotta change, right?