MIND OUR ENGLISH
Articles from January 2011
Jan 28: The lingo of cool?
Using English may be deemed fashionable, but sometimes it ends up just being silly.
Jan 27: Collective nouns
YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED by FADZILAH AMIN
Jan 27: ‘Talentless’ in use
FADZILAH AMIN would like to correct an error she made in her answer to Nasir (MOE, Jan 20) regarding the word talentless.
Jan 26: The rich merchant’s new clothes
THERE once lived a vainglorious rich merchant who was so obsessed with clothes that they dominated his waking hours. He would change his clothes many times each day and admire himself in the full-length mirrors in his bedroom, often thinking: “I’m sure everyone loves my clothes, whose vibrant colours are not a pigment of the imagination!”
Jan 26: Interesting websites
Here are two sites with articles about the English language that were spotted by readers.
Jan 21: ’Tain’t rite
Mind Our English is co-ordinated by Jane F. Raghaven.
Jan 20: Adjectival endings
Fadzilah Amin explains why priceless and useless have opposite connotations and more.
Jan 19: The foreignness of English
WHERE does the English language come from? It would only be a mild exaggeration to say that it comes from languages other than English.
Jan 19: English as she is spoke
Open Channel.
Jan 14: Matters of the heart
The use of words and expressions related to body parts.
Jan 13: Reported speech
YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED by FADZILAH AMIN.
Jan 12: Nothing wrong with ME
Open Channel
Jan 7: Tensed up over tenses
Looking at tenses and the ways in which they are used.
Jan 7: Goat and horses
DR LIM CHIN LAM shares with readers the responses to article “Animal talk”.
Jan 6: Pull of phrases
YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED by FADZILAH AMIN
Jan 6: Spot the error
Each funny story here contains an error. Can you spot it?
Jan 5: Mangling the language
We encounter Manglish every day, but do we have to tolerate it?
Jan 5: Look and learn
Readers spot instances of poor English usage.
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