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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=593491518-10102011><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2 face=Arial>Hey Andrea, </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=593491518-10102011><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2 face=Arial><SPAN class=593491518-10102011><FONT color=#0000ff size=2
face=Arial>Many thanks </FONT></SPAN>for sharing this. </FONT></SPAN><SPAN
class=593491518-10102011><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial>Will straight
away check out the resources..</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=593491518-10102011><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2 face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=593491518-10102011><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2 face=Arial>Regards,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=593491518-10102011><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2 face=Arial>Harry</FONT></SPAN></DIV><BR>
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<FONT size=2 face=Tahoma><B>From:</B> Andrea Bohnstedt
[mailto:andrea.bohnstedt@ratio-magazine.com] <BR><B>Sent:</B> Monday, October
10, 2011 7:49 PM<BR><B>To:</B> harry@comtelsys.co.ke<BR><B>Cc:</B> KICTAnet ICT
Policy Discussions<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [kictanet] Declining English grammar
in our Newsprint<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>Well, that's the beauty of the internet: SMS English may destruct
language, but there are also plenty of sources online, so you don't even need to
leave the house. <BR><BR>If you want to improve your writing: the Economist has
a great style guide. Too much to take in in one sitting, but a fantastic
resource. Unfortunately, it seems to be temporarily unavailable due to some
reorganisation of the website, but it's worth checking back: <BR><A
href="http://www.economist.com/blogs/johnson/2011/07/housekeeping-announcement">http://www.economist.com/blogs/johnson/2011/07/housekeeping-announcement</A><BR><BR>There
are others that are available free of charge. Check out the Guardian/Observer
style guide: <BR><A
href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/styleguide/a">http://www.guardian.co.uk/styleguide/a</A><BR><BR>Or
the one for the Times: <BR><A
href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/tools_and_services/specials/style_guide/">http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/tools_and_services/specials/style_guide/</A><BR><BR>For
the very basic basics: There are plenty of online dictionaries to look up words
(and spellcheck is useful, too). Google your grammar or spelling question and
you'll usually find the solution quite quickly. Google 'to amble' and you'll
find it doesn't work the way you used it: <A
href="http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/amble">http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/amble</A>.
<BR><BR>If you like vampires and grammar, check out this - The Deluxe Transitive
Vampire (A Handbook of Grammar for the Innocent, the Eager, and the Doomed) is
not an online source, but a book I bought just because: <BR><A
href="http://www.amazon.com/Deluxe-Transitive-Vampire-Ultimate-Handbook/dp/0679418601">http://www.amazon.com/Deluxe-Transitive-Vampire-Ultimate-Handbook/dp/0679418601</A><BR><BR>The
Economist also has a language blog - bit more geek material, but still sometimes
fun and interesting to read. For example this entry: <BR><A
href="http://www.economist.com/blogs/johnson/2010/07/copy-editing">http://www.economist.com/blogs/johnson/2010/07/copy-editing</A><BR><BR>Here's
a fun (yes, really) piece on copyediting. This spoke to me, including the
comments: <BR><A
href="http://www.theawl.com/2010/07/what-its-really-like-to-be-a-copy-editor">http://www.theawl.com/2010/07/what-its-really-like-to-be-a-copy-editor</A><BR><BR>Good
writing takes time and practice. But one of the lovely things about it is that
just reading for fun helps you acquire a better vocabulary and a better sense
for the rhythm of sentences. So grab a good book and a coffee! <BR><BR>Andrea
<BR><BR><BR>
<DIV class=gmail_quote>On 10 October 2011 17:55, Harry Delano <SPAN
dir=ltr><<A
href="mailto:harry@comtelsys.co.ke">harry@comtelsys.co.ke</A>></SPAN>
wrote:<BR>
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class=gmail_quote><U></U>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial>Do we
have an English language center of excellence anywhere around that
anybody knows...?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN><FONT color=#0000ff size=2
face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial>Pse, amble
along the contacts, directions, etc...</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN><FONT color=#0000ff size=2
face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial>I suppose
we can all do with some 'refresher skills' of sorts in the English
language subset.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN></SPAN><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT
size=2>H<SPAN>arry</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT><BR></DIV></DIV>
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<FONT size=2 face=Tahoma><B>From:</B> kictanet-bounces+harry=<A
href="mailto:comtelsys.co.ke@lists.kictanet.or.ke"
target=_blank>comtelsys.co.ke@lists.kictanet.or.ke</A> [mailto:<A
href="mailto:kictanet-bounces%2Bharry"
target=_blank>kictanet-bounces+harry</A>=<A
href="mailto:comtelsys.co.ke@lists.kictanet.or.ke"
target=_blank>comtelsys.co.ke@lists.kictanet.or.ke</A>] <B>On Behalf Of
</B>Phares Kariuki<BR><B>Sent:</B> Monday, October 10, 2011 4:29
PM<BR><B>To:</B> <A href="mailto:harry@comtelsys.co.ke"
target=_blank>harry@comtelsys.co.ke</A>
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<DIV></DIV>
<DIV class=h5><BR><B>Cc:</B> KICTAnet ICT Policy
Discussions<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [kictanet] Declining English grammar in our
Newsprint<BR></DIV></DIV></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<DIV class=h5>
<DIV></DIV><FONT color=#330099><FONT size=2><FONT
face=arial,helvetica,sans-serif>:-). Thanks<BR></FONT></FONT></FONT><BR>
<DIV class=gmail_quote>On Mon, Oct 10, 2011 at 4:19 PM, Macharia Gaitho <SPAN
dir=ltr><<A href="mailto:mgaitho@ke.nationmedia.com"
target=_blank>mgaitho@ke.nationmedia.com</A>></SPAN> wrote:<BR>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">‘braking’,
not ‘breaking’ distance.<U></U><U></U></SPAN></P>
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style="COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><U></U><U></U></SPAN> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><U></U><U></U></SPAN> </P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">From:</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> kictanet-bounces+mgaitho=<A
href="mailto:nation.co.ke@lists.kictanet.or.ke"
target=_blank>nation.co.ke@lists.kictanet.or.ke</A> [mailto:<A
href="mailto:kictanet-bounces%2Bmgaitho"
target=_blank>kictanet-bounces+mgaitho</A>=<A
href="mailto:nation.co.ke@lists.kictanet.or.ke"
target=_blank>nation.co.ke@lists.kictanet.or.ke</A>] <B>On Behalf Of
</B>Phares Kariuki<BR><B>Sent:</B> Monday, October 10, 2011 4:09
PM</SPAN></P>
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<DIV></DIV>
<DIV><BR><B>To:</B> Macharia Gaitho<BR><B>Cc:</B> KICTAnet ICT Policy
Discussions<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [kictanet] Declining English grammar in
our Newsprint<U></U><U></U></DIV></DIV>
<P></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><U></U><U></U> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #330099; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">We are not
taught the fundamentals. I have been trying to avoid pointing out a basic
grammatical error many are making on this list, but I'll do so anyway. In
English and most other Latin based languages proper nouns are capitalized.
Many on this list have their names in outgoing emails without capitalizing.
Why am I pointing this out? We all went through one education system.
For you to gained admission into a public university, you needed to
have achieved at least a mean grade of B. If we are making the
same mistakes the journalists are making, how can we take the high road? If
we purposefully chose to ignore the rules of grammar as we were done with
our 'high school' education, then it means that there is a fundamental
problem with our education system (we never had to apply our knowledge of
English, so we are really studying for the sake of the grade and not the
knowledge). </SPAN><U></U><U></U></P>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><U></U><U></U> </P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #330099">It's the same with Swahili,
Physics (e.g. we all know that Kenyan drivers are constantly speeding, even
with vehicles that were not built for speed. In high school, we are taught
that </SPAN><B><U><SPAN style="COLOR: red">breaking
distance</SPAN></U></B><SPAN style="COLOR: #330099"> is proportional to the
*square* of the speed, which means that it increases out
of proportion to the increase in speed), but we disregard this. We
all sang the national anthem at least twice per week, for all twelve years
of our primary and tertiary education, yet we stutter if we are asked to
recite it. </SPAN><U></U><U></U></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><U></U><U></U> </P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #330099">The crisis of our education
system is that people don't value the skill as much as they value
recognition for the skill. It does not matter whether or not you can
actually code, what matters is that you have a certificate that says
you can. It's apparent in the technology space today. People have to
earn their stripes, papers no longer really matter. The 'Mwakenya' is the
standard in University exam rooms. And the situation is only getting worse.
We need to find ways of integrating what people learn with day to day life.
If we don't, we will keep having this tragedy of people getting knowledge
for the sake of the certificate and not bothering to find out why they are
learning that. </SPAN><U></U><U></U></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><U></U><U></U> </P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #330099">A further illustration, I
once spoke to a university student who mentioned that he was doing Oracle
Certification 'because he heard that it has money'. My problem with his
thinking was that he had no clue what products Oracle was dealing in, he was
going to do any certification available, which means, he might have ended
up certifying in a field he did not like (Oracle has Enterprise
Hardware/Software/Cloud Services) and land on a job he does not want, but
one that pays well. </SPAN><U></U><U></U></P></DIV>
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<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><U></U><U></U> </P>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal>On Mon, Oct 10, 2011 at 2:43 PM, luke mulunda <<A
href="mailto:lmulunda@yahoo.com" target=_blank>lmulunda@yahoo.com</A>>
wrote:<U></U><U></U></P>
<DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV>
<P style="BACKGROUND: white" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: black">Marsh,<U></U><U></U></SPAN></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P style="BACKGROUND: white" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: black">My
brain must have been infested with cobwebs. <U></U><U></U></SPAN></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P style="BACKGROUND: white" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: black"><U></U><U></U></SPAN> </P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P style="BACKGROUND: white" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: black">Anyhow, that's what we are talking about: where are the
guys (like you) to follow through and clean up the mess before it gets to
the press? And it's not just the daily newspapers, Weeklies, and even monthy
publications. I have been reading a book authored and published locally and
you can see the concern. <U></U><U></U></SPAN></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV>
<P style="BACKGROUND: white" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: black"><U></U><U></U></SPAN> </P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P style="BACKGROUND: white" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: black"><em style="background-color:rgb(0, 0,
191);"><strong><font size="3"><span
style="text-decoration:underline;"><A
href="http://WWW.SMARTBIZAFRICA.COM"
target=_blank>WWW.SMARTBIZAFRICA.COM</A><BR>Africa's No.1 Online Business
Magazine<BR>...For Investors, Entrepreneurs, Managers, Marketers, CEOs, IT
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<DIV>
<P style="BACKGROUND: white" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: black"><U></U><U></U></SPAN> </P></DIV></DIV>
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<P style="BACKGROUND: white" class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN
style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">From:</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> Macharia Gaitho <<A
href="mailto:mgaitho@ke.nationmedia.com"
target=_blank>mgaitho@ke.nationmedia.com</A>><BR><B>To:</B> luke mulunda
<<A href="mailto:lmulunda@yahoo.com"
target=_blank>lmulunda@yahoo.com</A>><U></U><U></U></SPAN></P>
<DIV>
<P style="BACKGROUND: white" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><BR><B>Cc:</B> KICTAnet ICT Policy
Discussions <<A href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke"
target=_blank>kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</A>><U></U><U></U></SPAN></P></DIV>
<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; BACKGROUND: white" class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN
style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Sent:</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> Monday, October 10, 2011 1:19
PM<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: [kictanet] Declining English grammar in our
Newsprint</SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: black"><U></U><U></U></SPAN></P>
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<P style="BACKGROUND: white" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Luke,</SPAN><SPAN
style="COLOR: black"><U></U><U></U></SPAN></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P style="BACKGROUND: white" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">the Ugandan leader was ‘Amin’, not
‘Amini’.</SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: black"><U></U><U></U></SPAN></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P style="BACKGROUND: white" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"></SPAN><SPAN
style="COLOR: black"><U></U><U></U></SPAN> </P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P style="BACKGROUND: white" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">I would suppose the unnamed ‘he’
was killed at dawn, not ‘down’. </SPAN><SPAN
style="COLOR: black"><U></U><U></U></SPAN></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P style="BACKGROUND: white" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"></SPAN><SPAN
style="COLOR: black"><U></U><U></U></SPAN> </P></DIV>
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<P style="BACKGROUND: white" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Kindest regards</SPAN><SPAN
style="COLOR: black"><U></U><U></U></SPAN></P></DIV>
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<P style="BACKGROUND: white" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"></SPAN><SPAN
style="COLOR: black"><U></U><U></U></SPAN> </P></DIV>
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<P style="BACKGROUND: white" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"></SPAN><SPAN
style="COLOR: black"><U></U><U></U></SPAN> </P></DIV>
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<P style="BACKGROUND: white" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"></SPAN><SPAN
style="COLOR: black"><U></U><U></U></SPAN> </P></DIV>
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<P style="BACKGROUND: white" class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN
style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">From:</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> kictanet-bounces+mgaitho=<A
href="mailto:nation.co.ke@lists.kictanet.or.ke"
target=_blank>nation.co.ke@lists.kictanet.or.ke</A> [mailto:<A
href="mailto:kictanet-bounces%2Bmgaitho"
target=_blank>kictanet-bounces+mgaitho</A>=<A
href="mailto:nation.co.ke@lists.kictanet.or.ke"
target=_blank>nation.co.ke@lists.kictanet.or.ke</A>] <B>On Behalf Of
</B>luke mulunda<BR><B>Sent:</B> Monday, October 10, <A href="tel:2011%2010"
target=_blank>2011 10</A>:37 AM<BR><B>To:</B> Macharia
Gaitho<U></U><U></U></SPAN></P>
<DIV>
<P style="BACKGROUND: white" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><BR><B>Cc:</B> KICTAnet ICT Policy
Discussions<U></U><U></U></SPAN></P></DIV>
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<DIV>
<P style="BACKGROUND: white" class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN
style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Subject:</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> Re: [kictanet] Declining English
grammar in our
Newsprint<U></U><U></U></SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV>
<P style="BACKGROUND: white" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: black"><U></U><U></U></SPAN> </P></DIV>
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<P style="BACKGROUND: white" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: black">Hi
all,<U></U><U></U></SPAN></P></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV>
<P style="BACKGROUND: white" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: black">I
would personally blame it on cost-cutting. We have journalism and English
experts in newsrooms, but they have too much on their hands to spot the most
obvious and embarrassing mistakes in our publications.
<U></U><U></U></SPAN></P></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV>
<P style="BACKGROUND: white" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: black"><U></U><U></U></SPAN> </P></DIV></DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV>
<P style="BACKGROUND: white" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: black">Mistakes can be costly. Remember during Amini's time in
Uganda, the dictator had criticised a female MP, and so the paper splashed
the following morning "Amini rapes MP" when he meant "RAPS". I hear, he was
killed at down as he brushed his teeth in his
house.<U></U><U></U></SPAN></P></DIV></DIV>
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<P style="BACKGROUND: white" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: black"><U></U><U></U></SPAN> </P></DIV></DIV>
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<P style="BACKGROUND: white" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: black"><U></U><U></U></SPAN> </P></DIV></DIV>
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<P style="BACKGROUND: white" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: black">LUKE
M<U></U><U></U></SPAN></P></DIV></DIV>
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<P style="BACKGROUND: white" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: black"><U></U><U></U></SPAN> </P></DIV></DIV>
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style="COLOR: black"><U></U><U></U></SPAN> </P></DIV></DIV>
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<P style="BACKGROUND: white" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: black"><em style="background-color:rgb(0, 0,
191);"><strong><font size="3"><span
style="text-decoration:underline;"><A
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Magazine<BR>...For Investors, Entrepreneurs, Managers, Marketers, CEOs, IT
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style="COLOR: black"><U></U><U></U></SPAN> </P></DIV></DIV>
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<P style="BACKGROUND: white" class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN
style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">From:</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> Catherine Adeya <<A
href="mailto:elizaslider@yahoo.com"
target=_blank>elizaslider@yahoo.com</A>><BR><B>To:</B> luke <<A
href="mailto:lmulunda@yahoo.com"
target=_blank>lmulunda@yahoo.com</A>><BR><B>Cc:</B> KICTAnet ICT Policy
Discussions <<A href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke"
target=_blank>kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</A>><BR><B>Sent:</B> Monday,
October 10, <A href="tel:2011%2010" target=_blank>2011 10</A>:18
AM<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [kictanet] Declining English grammar in our
Newsprint</SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: black"><U></U><U></U></SPAN></P></DIV>
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style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">The PS has a point and I am not
disputing yours either but I would simply respond to your email below that
generalizations is what has got us where we are. Specificity can help
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style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">From:</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> james ratemo <<A
href="mailto:jratemo@gmail.com"
target=_blank>jratemo@gmail.com</A>><BR><B>To:</B> <A
href="mailto:elizaslider@yahoo.com"
target=_blank>elizaslider@yahoo.com</A><BR><B>Cc:</B> KICTAnet ICT Policy
Discussions <<A href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke"
target=_blank>kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</A>><BR><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday,
October 4, <A href="tel:2011%2011" target=_blank>2011 11</A>:16
PM<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [kictanet] Declining English grammar in our
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<P style="BACKGROUND: white" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: black">Bwana PS what are you insinuating? We open our
newsrooms fro the so called English majors? Some of them are in the
newsrooms already...maybe they are sleeping on the job...my
opinion<U></U><U></U></SPAN></P></DIV>
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<P style="BACKGROUND: white" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: black">On
Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 11:11 PM, <<A href="mailto:bitange@jambo.co.ke"
target=_blank>bitange@jambo.co.ke</A>>
wrote:<U></U><U></U></SPAN></P></DIV>
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<P style="BACKGROUND: white" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: black">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.<BR><BR>Ndemo.<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>Sent from my
BlackBerry®<BR><BR>-----Original Message-----<BR>From: Grace Githaiga <<A
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href="tel:2011%2013" target=_blank>2011 13</A>:32:57<BR>To: <<A
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