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Aug 30, 2009 Letters

Dear Editor,
Returning back, at about, approximately at, one of the box, everyone is entitled to their own view etc. etc. etc. And when these horrible grammatical blunders are read and heard, students writing the CXC, GCE etc. internalize them, repeat the same, and ultimately reproduce them in their examinations. If this trend is to be arrested, then there must be proper censorship of and within the media.
Someone needs to monitor the show that parrots the ‘Wheel of Fortune.’ It is presented by a very grammatically deficient host. The horror of this is that many of the youths follow and participate, since the show is quite entertaining. However, education must not be sacrificed for entertainment.
There is also a plethora of morning shows on television and the formula is quite the same – songs and greetings, newspapers highlights, nonsensical chit-chats. Except for Naim Chand and Basil Bradshaw, the rest of the hosts need a lesson in grammar and articulation. Again here is where English teachers are being undone. Someone needs to inform the spoken press that the word is ‘preh-meer’ not ‘pree-mare.’ That is how bad it has become.
I am not being disparaging or pessimistic, but the “Guyana Today”; “NIS and You” and “Close Up” are examples in terrible use of language, language blunders, and poor presentation and presenters.
Students who are serious about doing well in high school must refrain from these kinds of exposure. It is bound to blunt your language acumen.
The same can be said of certain TV channels. So it seems that language and communication are bound to remain decadent in Guyana.
Shane Rizwan

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