Echo

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Geez, Louise.

I’m sorry, I’ve been traipsing along the cyber way, reading various blogs of acquaintances and strangers.

Seriously, people.

Let it be known that if you choose to write a blog using a certain language, make sure you use it properly!!! There is absolutely nothing wrong with writing in Filipino, Chinese, Czech, or whatever. But if you’re going to write using English, PLEASE, use the language properly!!!

SERIOUSLY! I don’t know if I should laugh or stomp my feet.

1. Use "and" and not "to" when using "between." For example: "The parcel will be arriving between 4 AND 6 this afternoon." Use "to" when using "from." For example: "The dance will be from 6 TO 11 pm."

2. Direct quote: "…to which I contributed to." UGH!!!! It should be: "…to which I contributed." (Oh, and the stress is on the second syllable, not the third…say it with me…contri’buted. Same thing for distributed. Distri’buted.) Same goes for "for." For example "…for which I am accountable."

3. Ellipses should always only be 3 dots/periods. For example: "To be continued…" Never more than that. Not "To be continued…….."

There were lots more than irked me, but I won’t dwell on them anymore. These are just the top 3…(notice, just 3 dots/periods, folks) oh, and don’t get me started with Subject-Verb Agreement.

Don’t mean to be hoity-toity (and yes, that is a real word), but seriously, if you plan to use something, use it correctly - that holds true for anything, right? Some of you are trying so hard to be witty and all that (that is an attempt-failure ratio of a different topic altogether, but I tend to be more compassionate when it comes to lack of timing and rapier wit.) Save yourself the trouble. One thing at a time. Master the language first.

Let me put it in a way that you would understand: Kung mag-fi-feeling-feelingan ka lang, wag ka na mag-English. Wiz benta, kapatid.

Let this be your mantra: "Preview and Spell Check…Preview and Spell Check…Preview and Spell Check…"

Ah, that’s what you get for having rap stars and stupid heiresses as role models.

Get me back into a classroom! I miss teaching…that’s probably the reason behind this whole rant.

Must. Instruct. Must. Teach. Kill. Bad. Grammar.

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