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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>A major contributing factor to the declining standards of English grammar in newsprint is the unashamed plagiarism of online content by journalists. I'm aware of many Kenyan blogs that have complained of being used as a source of "free" content by mainstream media.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Some "journalists" lift entire pieces nearly word for word and pass them off as original. Minor editing is done to Kenyanise the piece or remove any personal references; causing at times bastardization of the story or introducing grammatical errors. You also do not expect the "journalist" to understand the flow and context of a story he did not write.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>How do such articles get approved by their legal department; let alone by the editors?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>As an example see the article </span><a href="http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/InsidePage.php?id=2000043295&cid=123&">http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/InsidePage.php?id=2000043295&cid=123&</a><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>: (might be pulled down by the time you get to read this, so I've also done a print screen you can look at </span><a href="http://twitter.com/#!/startupkenya/status/117625377119154176/photo/1">http://twitter.com/#!/startupkenya/status/117625377119154176/photo/1</a><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>); now take a look at the original article published a year ago <a href="http://www.whatsonxiamen.com/health2011.html">http://www.whatsonxiamen.com/health2011.html</a> .<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Regards,<br>Harry Karanja<br><br><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>020-342225<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> kictanet-bounces+kairo=softlaw.co.ke@lists.kictanet.or.ke [mailto:kictanet-bounces+kairo=softlaw.co.ke@lists.kictanet.or.ke] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Harry Delano<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, October 10, 2011 9:24 PM<br><b>To:</b> kairo@softlaw.co.ke<br><b>Cc:</b> 'KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions'<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [kictanet] Declining English grammar in our Newsprint<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>Hey Andrea, </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>Many thanks for sharing this. Will straight away check out the resources..</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>Regards,</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>Harry</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> 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</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>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><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On 10 October 2011 17:55, Harry Delano <<a href="mailto:harry@comtelsys.co.ke">harry@comtelsys.co.ke</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>Do we have an English language center of excellence anywhere around that anybody knows...?</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>Pse, amble along the contacts, directions, etc...</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>I suppose we can all do with some 'refresher skills' of sorts in the English language subset.</span><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>Harry</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center></div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> 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> <o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><br><b>Cc:</b> KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [kictanet] Declining English grammar in our Newsprint<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#330099'>:-). Thanks</span><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Mon, Oct 10, 2011 at 4:19 PM, Macharia Gaitho <<a href="mailto:mgaitho@ke.nationmedia.com" target="_blank">mgaitho@ke.nationmedia.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>‘braking’, not ‘breaking’ distance.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> 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><o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><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<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#330099'>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><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><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><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><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><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><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><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>On Mon, Oct 10, 2011 at 2:43 PM, luke mulunda <<a href="mailto:lmulunda@yahoo.com" target="_blank">lmulunda@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;background:white'><span style='color:black'>Marsh,</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;background:white'><span style='color:black'>My brain must have been infested with cobwebs. </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;background:white'> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;background:white'><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. </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;background:white'> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;background:white'><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 Experts, HR & Finance Managers and Students.... Plus Stocks and Business News and Career Guidance</span></font></strong></em><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="<a href="http://www.smartbizafrica.com/" target="_blank">http://www.smartbizafrica.com/</a>"></a></span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;background:white'> <o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'><hr size=1 width="100%" align=center></span></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;background:white'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'> 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>></span><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'><br><b>Cc:</b> KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>></span><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:white'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>Sent:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'> Monday, October 10, 2011 1:19 PM<br><b>Subject:</b> RE: [kictanet] Declining English grammar in our Newsprint</span><o:p></o:p></p><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Luke,</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>the Ugandan leader was ‘Amin’, not ‘Amini’.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;background:white'> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>I would suppose the unnamed ‘he’ was killed at dawn, not ‘down’. </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;background:white'> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Kindest regards</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;background:white'> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;background:white'> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;background:white'> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;background:white'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'> 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</span><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'><br><b>Cc:</b> KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;background:white'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>Subject:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'> Re: [kictanet] Declining English grammar in our Newsprint</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;background:white'> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;background:white'><span style='color:black'>Hi all,</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;background:white'><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. </span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;background:white'> <o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;background:white'><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.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;background:white'> <o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;background:white'> <o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;background:white'><span style='color:black'>LUKE M</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;background:white'> <o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;background:white'> <o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;background:white'><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 Experts, HR & Finance Managers and Students.... Plus Stocks and Business News and Career Guidance</span></font></strong></em><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="<a href="http://www.smartbizafrica.com/" target="_blank">http://www.smartbizafrica.com/</a>"></a></span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;background:white'> <o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'><hr size=1 width="100%" align=center></span></div><div style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;background:white'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'> 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><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;background:white'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'>James,</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;background:white'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'>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 more.....</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;background:white'> <o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;background:white'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'>Nyaki</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;background:white'> <o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'><hr size=1 width="100%" align=center></span></div><div style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;background:white'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'> 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 Newsprint</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;background:white'><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</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;background:white'><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:</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;background:white'><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 href="mailto:ggithaiga@hotmail.com" target="_blank">ggithaiga@hotmail.com</a>><br>Sender: kictanet-bounces+bitange=<a href="mailto:jambo.co.ke@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">jambo.co.ke@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a><br>Date: Sun, 2 Oct <a href="tel:2011%2013" target="_blank">2011 13</a>:32:57<br>To: <<a href="mailto:bitange@jambo.co.ke" target="_blank">bitange@jambo.co.ke</a>><br>Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions<<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>><br>Subject: [kictanet] GSMA: Calls will remain high between African countries<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>kictanet mailing list<br><a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a><br><a href="http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet" target="_blank">http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet</a><br><br>Unsubscribe or change your options at <a href="http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/bitange%40jambo.co.ke" target="_blank">http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/bitange%40jambo.co.ke</a><br><br>The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and regulation. 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