"United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has bid an emotional farewell to hundreds of staff at the State Department.What readers need to look out for are the typographical errors or perhaps the errors in the usage of the English language in this piece of reportage.
Although technically in office until Tuesday when Barrack Obama is inaugurated as President, Dr Rice is spending the weekend with outgoing President George Bush at his camp David Retreat and Monday is a national holiday.
In the main lobby of the State Department, known as the Hall of Flags, Dr Rice said goodbye to hundreds of cheering colleagues.
Wearing a red suite she said a few words while misty-eyed.
She stopped for pictures, shook hands and then left through the main entrance.
Dr Rice will now return to the world of academia at the University of Stanford in California, leaving history to determine her legacy."
If there are only typographical errors, then shame on the editorial staff. If however there are errors in the use of the English language, then they are not only deplorable, but possibly a reflection on state of education of the people involved.
Please let me know what you think about the state of English language teaching and usage in this country.
Hint 1.
Camp David retreat
Hint 2:
1. suite of rooms or suite of furniture
2. suit of clothing
2 comments:
Do you really want me on this hobby horse of mine? I may not climb down for a while you know. ;-)
Absolutely Dave, hobby horses are there to be flogged and quite frankly in these situations they need to be flogged.
It seems to me that we are learning so much from working with collaborative computing that we tend to use new slang and shortcuts everywhere, and throughout all forms of communications. As long as you understand what is meant, who cares about the spelling and who cares about the context.
So let me provide you with a venue - flog away.
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