[kictanet] Declining English grammar in our Newsprint

[robert yawe]

Hi,

The deterioration of the use of language in the local print media has been going on for over 10 years for some reason the more advanced the equipment in use the worse the output.  Sometimes while reading the dailies I am forced to keep looking at the mast head to make sure that I did not accidentally pick up one of those alternative press newspapers.

Apart from computers having spell and grammar checkers what is the work of editors at the various media houses, from the level they have fallen I suspect that the executives either do not read the papers or their proficiency with the english language is suspect.

The column by Ochieng in the Saturday Nation needs to be made a must read for all the staff at the Nation with a quiz on the raised issue every subsequent monday.

Let the media not raise the issue of costs as they can quite cost effectively outsource the editing function to university students who can work from wherever they are, this could be a good application for KENETs 1 GB links.

Regards
 
Robert Yawe
KAY System Technologies Ltd
Phoenix House, 6th Floor
P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200
Kenya


Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696


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All of today's newspapers had several grammatical errors.  At this time and age of ICT, is it not too embarrasing to have such errors?  We have  thousands of English majors without jobs.  It is time for media to be thorough in what they do by utilizing our many graduates without jobs.  As a Kenyan I get embarrased to see such errors.

Ndemo.




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