Grammar Project Manila

@anonymous: sorry, i accidentally removed your com...

2009-11-05T01:28:21.403+08:00

@anonymous: sorry, i accidentally removed your comment :( i shall post details about this as soon as an official announcement has been released. thanks!

Hi k lo! Yup, I do miss that clickety-click of th...

2009-11-05T01:05:12.220+08:00

Hi k lo! Yup, I do miss that clickety-click of the typewriter along with the fingers caked in soot from carbon paper and rewinding the ribbon, correction tape for backspace and onion skin paper. It also carried with it the smell of... oil? grease? What was it? Re: DVORAK. Given that it has the same number of letters and keys, I wonder how a re-arrangement of letters can be any better? I'm curious to see one though and try :p

I do miss the typewriter. I know Sunsh recently pu...

2009-11-02T02:03:13.509+08:00

I do miss the typewriter. I know Sunsh recently purchased one. I am envious! I want to go home and bring to the UK the one I used to write my essays in high school.

Speaking of QWERTY, some contacts from Mensa vouch for the use of DVORAK as the more ergonomic of the two keyboard arrangements. I've never seen a DVORAK keyboard but you can change the keyboard settings on your computer. Tried that but I have years and years of muscle memory on my fat fingers to learn another keyboard organisation so I changed it back to QWERTY. Phew.

Thanks Anjali :)

2009-10-20T00:38:06.982+08:00

Thanks Anjali :)

Great Blog!! I appreciate to your thinking. India&...

2009-10-16T19:41:23.493+08:00

Great Blog!! I appreciate to your thinking. India's English speaking Rickshaw Drivers blog really motivational to all the Indians.

Probably because language is dynamic and changes o...

2009-09-26T12:27:12.952+08:00

Probably because language is dynamic and changes occur all the time. The more people speak in a certain way, the more that way is accepted. That's not to say that it's right, though.

It's quite interesting how most people forget ...

2009-08-28T09:10:34.480+08:00

It's quite interesting how most people forget how to use the word accurately and consider it the norm :)

As to the excuse that one is late because "tr...

2009-08-28T08:56:06.876+08:00

As to the excuse that one is late because "traffic eh", there is always traffic on the street---a flow of vehicles. If we are to correctly use the term then, the more appropriate excuse is "There was heavy traffic or slow-moving traffic". :)

Speaking of grammar check, there is a good program...

2009-08-28T05:49:09.175+08:00

Speaking of grammar check, there is a good program Grammar Check Anywhere (SpellCheckAnywhere.Net) it adds spell & grammar check to all programs.

I totally agree.

2009-08-24T19:16:26.298+08:00

I totally agree.

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2009-08-24T15:22:19.968+08:00

Dog bite should not be taken careless. It is a very serious matter and proper remedies should be given. Thanks for the information.
los angeles dog bite lawyer

Thanks to Jennifer, MB and Former Language Teacher...

2009-08-23T14:11:45.806+08:00

Thanks to Jennifer, MB and Former Language Teacher for pointing out the typographical error. Cheers!

@Anonymous: Thanks for the support :) Cheers.

2009-08-21T00:02:34.438+08:00

@Anonymous: Thanks for the support :) Cheers.

good thing you have this kind of project~most of u...

2009-08-20T23:23:33.625+08:00

good thing you have this kind of project~most of us need this badly and so am i ;-)

Good suggestion. Thanks, JC!

2009-08-20T19:26:43.780+08:00

Good suggestion. Thanks, JC!

Cherie - You should also write about another pinoy...

2009-08-20T14:42:55.829+08:00

Cherie - You should also write about another pinoy-ism - "supposed to be". I love how everyone uses it nowadays in lieu of "dapat".

-I thought you were on vacation.
-Supposed to be but my boss said I had to finish my project first.

Haha.

@Anonymous: I read that ad too. Anybody smart en...

2009-08-20T10:56:27.575+08:00

@Anonymous: I read that ad too. Anybody smart enough would've figured that out.

Yup, along with two other purposeful "erors&q...

2009-08-20T10:43:21.557+08:00

Yup, along with two other purposeful "erors" in the ad :) Cheers.

I couldn't help but notice the irony upon seei...

2009-08-20T10:33:34.849+08:00

I couldn't help but notice the irony upon seeing your facebook ad.

Did you deliberately write "whose" instead of "who's"?

Hi Brooding Bachelor, Thanks so much for posting...

2009-08-17T02:52:30.027+08:00

Hi Brooding Bachelor,

Thanks so much for posting a comment. I do believe that the stress should be on the second syllable, just like you said. I did check across different sources, both American and British, to see if there might be exceptions to the rule. After verifying, it is safe to conclude that whether it is said as a verb or a noun, there is only one pronunciation: re-QUEST.

Cheers!

-TGP

Wow. Thanks.. That was informative. Anyway, I was...

2009-08-12T13:12:55.438+08:00

Wow. Thanks.. That was informative. Anyway, I was wondering about a different word. I want you to tell me what you think. I often hear people..including Radio Jockey, Djs pronounce 'request' as "RE-quest." I hear everybody say it like that. I think it's more proper to say it like "re-QUEST." What are your thoughts?

i got goosebumps when i heard this! this seemingly...

2009-07-15T18:04:12.970+08:00

i got goosebumps when i heard this! this seemingly simple misunderstanding led to disastrous results. and to think that this could've been avoided if they only had the same level of command of the English language.