2010年6月18日星期五

Dr Qooble is a Secret Agent!

I pick this pamphlet from my mailbox today. OMG! I must be an old-English teacher because the English here is very odd to me.


First of all English question is not the same as question about English. It has something to do with the UK's politics.
A noun before another noun, the first noun acts as an adjective. For example, carrot juice is juice with the taste of carrot; a vegetable person is a person who is like a vegetable (probably in coma).

Grammar, syntax, vocabulary, usage, or expression, No question too simple?
Can you find any verb in this ...er... line? Every sentence must have a verb. A lot of Chinese students have the same mistake - skipping the linking verb. Try say this in Chinese "She is very beautiful". No verb eh? That's why. Then, a very good use of commas until the capital N screws it.

Write an essay an assignment submitted to Dr Qooble, He will proofread and mark your writings, give you comment and positive advices..
Is it some new font which a full stop/period looks exactly the same as a comma? If it's a list of action, there should be a comma between "an essay" and "an assignment":
-->  "Write an essay, write an assignment, submit to Dr Qooble and he will..."
If "submitted" is the verb, there's no subject. A writing cannot 'submit' itself.
-->  "Write an essay or an assignment and submit it to Dr Qooble..."
OOOH!!! --- "submitted" sounds like "submit it" --- OMG (oh my gosh)
Last "advice" is uncountable.
http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/features/dictionary/DictionaryResults.aspx?lextype=3&search=advices
http://www.iciba.com/advices/
Either Dr Qooble is far from HK or he's disclosing us some top secret!
Last 2 full stops. Is it Dr Qooble, his assistant or the typist?

Wanna take a look at the back of the pamplet or visit the website?