Wednesday, November 26, 2008

learning English from newspapers

a good newspaper/ tabloid is but a mirror of contemporary English and its usage.

people who feel their Grammar is poor, get hold of your newspapers and markers and start practicing

mark the tenses, singular- plural, prepositions in the paper and then reinvent the rules for yourself ...

2 comments:

Sharde said...

Ah, this! Am intrigued by the 'reinvent the rules for yourself' bit!

Can you please explain what you meant by that? One of the most tedious things I find about English is that none of the rules can be changed! Even the exceptions or rule-breakers are also unchangeable!!

Language is alive, and reflects living people and existing societal mores. So, who indeed has the power to change the rules? I wonder...

nancy said...

i guess you misunderstood 'reinvent' as I put it....

I have no intentions of changing the Rules but I do wish to find out different ways to better understand the language...