Samples/Examples of poor English

cooleo · May 19, 2009

I am not an academic or professor in the English language, but i do find it amusing when i come across certain pet peeves of people around SinkieLand.

- For instance, telemarketers like to address you as "Hi Mr PETER, i am calling from ABC company....." Instead of addressing you by your surname (e.g. Mr Tan), they address you by your first name - Peter, and add the salutation "Mr" to it.

- Please queue UP Not necessary to add the 'up'.

Does any of you have tales to share?

R4g3 · May 19, 2009

the most common one here by a twit - "Advice/Advise".

scroobal · May 19, 2009

- double check
- double confirm
- Basically (first word used to answer a question)
- Actually ( first word used to answer a question)
- comprise (of)

cooleo · May 19, 2009

R4g3 said:
the most common one here by a twit - "Advice/Advise".

I think i should carry out a test to ascertain how sensitive he is to errors between Advice / Advise.

- He ADVICE me to further my studies in Australia.

- I took up his ADVISE to further my studies in Australia.

jw5 · May 19, 2009

cooleo said:
I am not an academic or professor in the English language, but i do find it amusing when i come across certain pet peeves of people around SinkieLand.

- For instance, telemarketers like to address you as "Hi Mr PETER, i am calling from ABC company....." Instead of addressing you by your surname (e.g. Mr Tan), they address you by your first name - Peter, and add the salutation "Mr" to it.

- Please queue UP Not necessary to add the 'up'.

Does any of you have tales to share?

Hahaha, very mild examples.
Sometimes, they call you Mr followed by the name because they don't know which is your surname or just to be more "warm". It doesn't mean they don't know that MR should be followed by the surname.

jw5 · May 19, 2009

R4g3 said:
the most common one here by a twit - "Advice/Advise".

Actually this example is a common mistake and is very good ADVICE. :smile:

The problem is how often it is repeated.

jw5 · May 19, 2009

scroobal said:
- double check
- double confirm
- Basically (first word used to answer a question)
- Actually ( first word used to answer a question)
- comprise (of)

Hahaha bro, here is my reply:
-- Always thought that double check means to look at something 4 times. You look at it once, then check it, meaning you look at it twice. Hence double check means you look at it 4 times? :smile:

-- As for double confirm.
-- Basically and actually nothing wrong with using these words at the beginning of a sentence, right? :smile:

Sithclone · May 19, 2009

another very common example

irregardless - no such word

the correct word is regardless

TeeKee · May 19, 2009

cooleo said:
He ADVICE me to further my studies in Australia.

shouldn't it be ADVICED? since he has already done it?

ah_phah · May 19, 2009

Sithclone said:
another very common example

irregardless - no such word

the correct word is regardless

hahaha, some of our scholar MPs happen to like this word a lot.

Meltdown · May 19, 2009

kindergarden. The correct word is kindergarten.

handphone. The correct words are mobile phone, cellular phone, or cell phone.

kopi. The correct word is coffee.

Leongsam · May 19, 2009

"threat" instead of "thread".
"virgina" instead of "vagina". :rolleyes:

"agreed" instead of "agree".
"wedsite" instead of "website".
"outstation" instead of "overseas business trip" or some other appropriate term.

middaydog · May 19, 2009

Sam, I prefer your old fuck face

or fucked face ?

singveld · May 19, 2009

yeah lor, the new photo look like terrorist.

Ah Guan · May 19, 2009

scroobal said:
- double check
- double confirm
- Basically (first word used to answer a question)
- Actually ( first word used to answer a question)
- comprise (of)

Actually I cringe when people say "repeat again" when they actually mean twice

SamuelStalin · May 19, 2009

scroobal said:
- Basically (first word used to answer a question)
- Actually ( first word used to answer a question)

Not really.

SamuelStalin · May 19, 2009

Ah Guan said:
Actually I cringe when people say "repeat again" when they actually mean twice

They mean to say "repeat twice" ~

Take that literally then and irritate them in return, then politely hand them a British Council pamphlet

SamuelStalin · May 19, 2009

Meltdown said:
kindergarden. The correct word is kindergarten.

handphone. The correct words are mobile phone, cellular phone, or cell phone.

kopi. The correct word is coffee.

That's Singapore street English for you.

SamuelStalin · May 19, 2009

cooleo said:
I am not an academic or professor in the English language, but i do find it amusing when i come across certain pet peeves of people around SinkieLand.

- For instance, telemarketers like to address you as "Hi Mr PETER, i am calling from ABC company....." Instead of addressing you by your surname (e.g. Mr Tan), they address you by your first name - Peter, and add the salutation "Mr" to it.

- Please queue UP Not necessary to add the 'up'.

Does any of you have tales to share?

Another one more time.

scroobal · May 19, 2009

Yes, that used to be very popular.

Ah Guan said:
Actually I cringe when people say "repeat again" when they actually mean twice

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