{"id":438,"date":"2007-08-25T21:43:41","date_gmt":"2007-08-26T01:43:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.guyanalive.com\/wordpress\/2008\/03\/28\/the-spoken-and-written-word\/"},"modified":"2011-06-17T16:00:59","modified_gmt":"2011-06-17T20:00:59","slug":"the-spoken-and-written-word","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stories.guyanalive.com\/?p=438","title":{"rendered":"The Spoken And Written Word"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For a long time I have had a problem with the outright misuse of grammar as well as the death of the English language in our society. I\u2019m tired of hearing \u201cI\u2019s Guyanese\u201d as an excuse for the incorrect usage of the language. Even if I am to (reluctantly) excuse the misguided babblings of the ignorant person on the street, I most certainly will not excuse those in the media who are being paid to ensure that messages are related clearly, effectively and structurally correct to the public. I have recorded only a few examples but rest assured I will be on the look out for additions for the article as I continue to ask the question \u201cWhat is the purpose of the editor?\u201d<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I was very upset to hear a repeat of bad grammar as the annual August 1st activities at the National Park were announced. Last year the public was informed that on August 1st \u201call roads leads to the National Park.\u201d We were again graced with this announcement, but I am pleased to note that they finally heard their error and corrected it. It only took them one year.<\/li>\n<li>There is a bookstore located in the vicinity of the bus park-if you do not know it, it matters not. But for a few weeks the store\u2019s slogan was \u201cEducation Build\u2019s A Nation.\u201d When I first saw it I was appalled, especially because of the type of establishment. I had planned on either going in to or calling them as they seemed to be unaware of the error, but was glad to see it changed without my input.<\/li>\n<li>While this year\u2019s \u201cGT&amp;T Jingle and Song Competition\u201d was coming to a close it was announced over and over, and over again that \u201cthe Finals of the GT&amp;T Jingle and Song Competition Finals will be held\u201d on whatever date. Have mercy. I can tolerate, not understand, but tolerate that being aired once, and maybe even twice, but not several times right up to the very event. It was completely inexcusable.<\/li>\n<li>Double Day International Hotel, Restaurant and Bar had a notice on the television stating that they offer, among other things \u201ca relax and spacious environment\u201d and also \u201cstock alcohol and non-alcohol beverages.\u201d Enough said.<\/li>\n<li>In the August 24th edition of the Kaieteur News an article on my absolute favourite local artiste Mr. Edward Neblett went a little something like this: \u201cEmployed at Scotia Bank this talented, focused, family-oriented and God-fearing are words which best describes gospel singer Edward Neblett.\u201d What?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span STYLE=\"line-height: 1.50em; font-size: 12px; font-family: Tahoma\"> I do not understand exactly why people continue to be paid to \u201censure\u201d that everything is as it should be when this is what they produce on the radio, television and in the newspapers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>-Bless<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For a long time I have had a problem with the outright misuse of grammar as well as the death of the English language in our society. I\u2019m tired of hearing \u201cI\u2019s Guyanese\u201d as an excuse for the incorrect usage of the language. Even if I am to (reluctantly) excuse the misguided babblings of the &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.guyanalive.com\/?p=438\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The Spoken And Written Word&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[696],"class_list":["post-438","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-rants","tag-rants-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stories.guyanalive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stories.guyanalive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stories.guyanalive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stories.guyanalive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stories.guyanalive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=438"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stories.guyanalive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1858,"href":"https:\/\/stories.guyanalive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438\/revisions\/1858"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stories.guyanalive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=438"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stories.guyanalive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=438"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stories.guyanalive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=438"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}