Aqua
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- Jul 23, 2012
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Memebers I suggest we do read thread from the start if you just jumped in,we can not correct people on capitalization all the time.It is better to learn one thing ten times than to learn ten new things at once.I believe I wrote some where in this thread "it is allowed to make grammatical error in talking but not in writing".
Some corrections
People are writing "Am" instead of "I am or its short notation I'm",in speaking when you say "am,I am, I'm" no one will notice but in writing we have to follow the rules.
People are writing 'i" in place of "I" (sorry may be it is a computer usage issue), mama wawili "Thanks Pngu pakavu,am poor in writting but its worst when it comes to the issue of speaking,i dont have such a confidence to speak,i feel un comfortable and shame,but i have made my mind ,hope one day i will be fluent"
1. its is not equal to "it is" or It's, "its" shows possession while it's(with an apostrophe is an abbreviation for "it is")
2.The way you have used worst is incorrect although your intention was to compare writing and speaking.I will go into detail next time,I need to sleep.
@Gilo24 "....try to watch documentaries in TV that are broadcasted in english.. " we watch things on TV and not in TV .This is hard to notice but thanks to the internet,I got some explanation for whoever will think I am right but wrong.
Some people, of course, mistakenly think that it's acceptable to use "in TV" instead of "on TV." This is likely because when the word "TV" or "television" is used as a modifier, say for such terms as "TV debate" and "TV newsroom," the appropriate preposition for linking such terms in a sentence is "in." This, for instance, is the case in such sentences as "The candidates became violently adversarial in their TV debate" and "There was chaos in the TV newsroom when the derogatory document against a candidate turned out to be spurious." In these cases, however, the true object of the preposition is not "TV" but the nouns "debate" and "newsroom," respectively, and these nouns require "in" and not "on" to link them to the sentence.
This explanation for "on TV" as the preferred usage also applies to "on radio" and "on the Internet," which are the accepted idioms for these two other communication media. It doesn't apply to "the movie," though; the widely accepted usage is "in the movie," as in "The child star appeared in the movie as the young Rizal." There could be other instances similar to this that may require the preposition "in" rather than "on," so it's advisable to knock off the phrase "and whatnot" in the last sentence of your question above.
Memebers I suggest we do read thread from the start if you just jumped in,we can not correct people on capitalization all the time.It is better to learn one thing ten times than to learn ten new things at once.I believe I wrote some where in this thread "it is allowed to make grammatical error in talking but not in writing".
Some corrections
People are writing "Am" instead of "I am or its short notation I'm",in speaking when you say "am,I am, I'm" no one will notice but in writing we have to follow the rules.
People are writing 'i" in place of "I" (sorry may be it is a computer usage issue), mama wawili "Thanks Pngu pakavu,am poor in writting but its worst when it comes to the issue of speaking,i dont have such a confidence to speak,i feel un comfortable and shame,but i have made my mind ,hope one day i will be fluent"
1. its is not equal to "it is" or It's, "its" shows possession while it's(with an apostrophe is an abbreviation for "it is")
2.The way you have used worst is incorrect although your intention was to compare writing and speaking.I will go into detail next time,I need to sleep.
@Gilo24 "....try to watch documentaries in TV that are broadcasted in english.. " we watch things on TV and not in TV .This is hard to notice but thanks to the internet,I got some explanation for whoever will think I am right but wrong.
Some people, of course, mistakenly think that it's acceptable to use "in TV" instead of "on TV." This is likely because when the word "TV" or "television" is used as a modifier, say for such terms as "TV debate" and "TV newsroom," the appropriate preposition for linking such terms in a sentence is "in." This, for instance, is the case in such sentences as "The candidates became violently adversarial in their TV debate" and "There was chaos in the TV newsroom when the derogatory document against a candidate turned out to be spurious." In these cases, however, the true object of the preposition is not "TV" but the nouns "debate" and "newsroom," respectively, and these nouns require "in" and not "on" to link them to the sentence.
This explanation for "on TV" as the preferred usage also applies to "on radio" and "on the Internet," which are the accepted idioms for these two other communication media. It doesn't apply to "the movie," though; the widely accepted usage is "in the movie," as in "The child star appeared in the movie as the young Rizal." There could be other instances similar to this that may require the preposition "in" rather than "on," so it's advisable to knock off the phrase "and whatnot" in the last sentence of your question above.