Spotted at Tradehub 21.. New way of "entering" a premise?
Monday, November 24, 2008
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Fashion blooper
Hmm.... seems like a ghost town here.. Well, a new song from Jason Mraz to brighten up the place, and a new sighting at a fashion outlet in Singapore...
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Rebecca's post
Got this from the newspapers (forgot which day...)
Interestingly, the journalist used "a people", which I assume to be a collective noun, and then used "were"...
Which should be the right one?
[1] ... what I saw were people who were not ...
[2] ... what I saw was people who were not....
[3] ... what I saw was a people who was not...
[4] none of the above
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Who says English is easy?
Something fun to read. Amazing that I had been keeping this newspaper article for so long!
Monday, September 8, 2008
Enough & Rather
hey ppl, i figured we should have examples of proper use of English too so i looked up 'enough' and 'rather', both of which are misused in Singlish sometimes... this are articles from http://www.usingenglish.com/
Enough
Enough comes after adjectives and adverbs:
It wasn't good enough. (Good is an adjective)
I didn't do well enough. (Well in an adverb)
Enough comes before nouns:
I didn't have enough money. (Money is a noun)
We use enough of before the and this that these those:
Are there enough of the copies I made for everybody?
I've had enough of this rubbish.
We also use enough of before object personal pronouns:
Were enough of them there last night?
NB Sometimes people put enough after a noun, but this is for effect as it sounds a bit archaic and formal.
Enough can be used before an infinitive:
They don't have enough to eat.
Rather
When do we use rather in English?
A) We use rather as an adverb of degree:
Modifying an adjective:
The film was rather good.
Modifying an adverb:
It happened rather quickly.
Notes:
1. It is stronger than fairly, but not as strong as very.
2. It can modify a noun, often coming before the article:
3. It's rather a problem.
4. It can modify some verbs: I rather like it.
B) To express preference
Rather than:
Rather than is normally used to compare parallel structures:
Let's take the train rather than the bus.
Rather you than me!
I decided to write rather than email.
Would rather:
Would rather + infinitive without 'to':
I'd rather leave now.
Would rather + pronoun + past tense:
I'd rather he came early.
seen y'all in class.....HEMA DEVI (",)~
Enough
Enough comes after adjectives and adverbs:
It wasn't good enough. (Good is an adjective)
I didn't do well enough. (Well in an adverb)
Enough comes before nouns:
I didn't have enough money. (Money is a noun)
We use enough of before the and this that these those:
Are there enough of the copies I made for everybody?
I've had enough of this rubbish.
We also use enough of before object personal pronouns:
Were enough of them there last night?
NB Sometimes people put enough after a noun, but this is for effect as it sounds a bit archaic and formal.
Enough can be used before an infinitive:
They don't have enough to eat.
Rather
When do we use rather in English?
A) We use rather as an adverb of degree:
Modifying an adjective:
The film was rather good.
Modifying an adverb:
It happened rather quickly.
Notes:
1. It is stronger than fairly, but not as strong as very.
2. It can modify a noun, often coming before the article:
3. It's rather a problem.
4. It can modify some verbs: I rather like it.
B) To express preference
Rather than:
Rather than is normally used to compare parallel structures:
Let's take the train rather than the bus.
Rather you than me!
I decided to write rather than email.
Would rather:
Would rather + infinitive without 'to':
I'd rather leave now.
Would rather + pronoun + past tense:
I'd rather he came early.
seen y'all in class.....HEMA DEVI (",)~
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