Use of English
By BYOLA2871
@BYOLA2871 (4371)
South Africa
May 20, 2008 12:09pm CST
I have observed a new trend in certain articles where writers use different words which actually mean the same thing together for the sake of emphasis. The use of such expressions like adequate enough,maroon-cloured jaguar, return back, progress forward, other alternatives, forest of trees etc are commonly used today especially on the internet. I am not English but from my level of education this is a kind of grammatical blunder but it seems to have come to stay. I don’t know if there are some of us here on mylot who have also been observing this or are actually culprits in this regard.
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@stephcjh (38473)
• United States
20 May 08
English is the only language that I can write or speak fluently. I think I may be a culprit on some of these words and terms being used but I sure do not intend to do it on purpose. I think it is just the length of time that I have been out of school that is affecting my knowledge of how to use alot of words together.
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@BYOLA2871 (4371)
• South Africa
23 May 08
well,i agree with you most of us are culprits of this and i am not excluded from the list obviously we tend to catch some of these words from our friends and it somehow becomes part of ouir life in usage.
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@olivemai (4738)
• United States
20 May 08
It can depend on where you live and the dialect that is being used there! American English is a little bit different than English in England! Schools are not teaching the same as they did a few decades ago, and not all the students learn enough while in school!
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@olivemai (4738)
• United States
23 May 08
Yes, I agree! So many times I hear myself talking the way I was talked to, by the people around me! I have noticed in forums like this one, that people in other countries use English slightly different than American English! I did learn it in school too!
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@BYOLA2871 (4371)
• South Africa
23 May 08
you are right and really i think the problem of good english is a global thing,slangs have replaced most of the words these days and the number of movies we watch have also impacted on our use of english i hope you agree with me on this?
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