Wednesday, August 06, 2008

Too much Preposition

Standard S’porean English - Standard English

  • To check it out for sbd - To check for sbd
    To consider about sth - To consider sth
    To cope up with sth - To cope with sth
    To demand for sth - To demand sth
    To discuss about sth - To discuss sth
    To emphasise on sth -To emphasise sth
    To highlight on sth - To highlight sth
    To list out sth - To list sth
    To lower down the volume - To lower the volume
    To mention about sth - To mention sth
    To page for sbd - To page sbd
    To regret for sth - To regret sth
    To request for sth - To request sth
    To return sth back - To return sth
    To repeat sth again - To repeat sth
    To source for sth - To source sth

I attended a English course in British Council these 2 days, and the Training Consultant highlighted that we have been using too many preposition in our sentences. I told her we have been taught this way. And asked how come our English is also from UK, but is different. She said that along the way, the language had been "corrupted".

So i thought, could it be the reasons that most of us dint score VERY well in O A level for English! Our English language has been "corrupted" and we learnt the "wrong" grammar but our papers were being sent to UK to mark?