Fox news grammar.
By mipen2006
@mipen2006 (5528)
Australia
January 22, 2007 10:58pm CST
I'm an Australian teaching American English in Thailand, but at times I feel as though I'm wasting my time when I hear commentators on Fox News. Some of their grammar is appalling. Most of the problems happen when they use comparatives. They say things like more long and more big. It confuses students when we tell them we are teaching them the correct English, and they say 'but I heard on FOx ...'
Agree?
3 responses
@darckj (885)
• Philippines
23 Jan 07
Agree.. we students sometimes get confused on what is correct or not..
the teacher will teach this and that, but the media uses otherwise.. its just confusing.. and because of this, learning process would be slower.. to think that media influences us more..
[oops, im talking to an english teacher.. sir, is my english correct?]
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@mipen2006 (5528)
• Australia
23 Jan 07
Your comments are valid and well put. Your English is better than that of the Fox anchors.
@misskatonic (3722)
• United States
23 Jan 07
FOX news is a joke. That's all there is too it. I never watch it, because the anchors can hardly string together a proper sentence and they focus on sensationalist news and blow stories out of proportion. They care about ratings than actually delivering the news.
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@smkwan2007 (1036)
• Hong Kong
23 Jan 07
Language is not like mathematics. Sometimes the correct way of the use of certain expressions is not so obvious. I heard some English experts said we should use short sentences when we write. Do not use ten dollar words and simple sentences are more preferable. But I find out that great writers do use a combination of complex and simple sentences in their master pieces. By the way, I haven't read any Fox News. If their English is copious, I think they should simplify their language because news articles are supposed to convey info to the public whose education level is uneven.
@mipen2006 (5528)
• Australia
23 Jan 07
I agree language is not like maths. Language is constantly changing. My problem is the frustration of students getting confused. It's hard enough to learn such a difficult language without TV anchors making mistakes.
