It’s complicated.
1. IS “aren’t” pronounced “ar-ren” or “air-ren”?
2. When responding to something disagreeable that someone has done, do we say, “How could you do that?” or “How could you have done that?”
3. Why do some writers use the future perfect tense when talking about a past event?
As an example, this sentence from a Reuters report on Euro 2008:
Coach Joachim Loew will have got a good view of Germany’s failures in the… Continue reading
Posted in Mind Our English.
WOULD you mind helping me create a dialogue which shows the use of words in the noun, verb and adjective forms?
The suggested words to use are “time”, “left” and “train”. Each word has to show its different lexical category.
There is no limit to the length of the dialogue.
— Niome
I am no dramatist, but here’s a simple dialogue where the words “time”, “left” and “train” are used as nouns, verbs and… Continue reading
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1. LAKONAN Lee Kuan Yew yang paling hebat ialah semasa dia menangis teresak-esak sehari sebelum YTM Tunku Abdul Rahman mengeluarkan Singapura dari Malaysia. Lee Kuan Yew menulis dalam Bibliografinya bahawa dia cuba berusaha menyelamatkan Singapura supaya terus berada dalam Malaysia, namun YTM Tunku tetap dengan keputusannya.
2. Bagi penulis, Lee Kuan Yew menangis bukan kerana Singapura dikeluarkan dari Malaysia. Dia Menangis kerana impiannya untuk menawan negeri-negeri di Pantai Barat Malaysia melalui… Continue reading
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Saya, Hasfirul Iqbal Bin Daim ingin mengucapkan Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri kepada semua rakan taulan muslim yang mengenali saya. Mohon seribu kemaafan jikalau terdapat sebarang kesalahan sama ada secara tidak sengaja atau sebaliknya. Semoga lebaran kali ini lebih bermakna bersama - sama orang yang tersayang.
Akhir kata,
Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri, Mohon Maaf Zahir & Batin… Continue reading
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