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hypnotist
Joined: 04 Dec 2004
Location: I wish I were a sock
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 Posted: Mon May 02, 2005 1:25 am Post subject: Corrections |
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Having had to explain to my Korean friend why she can't use "by walk" to express a method of getting from A to B (a phrase she learnt at school), I wondered: do you guys notify the publishers of text books you use, when the English in them is hideously wrong?
I'm not over here to teach, but I did look through a number of ESL textbooks whilst seeking books to help me learn Korean, and I noticed that some of the English used seemed rather, uh, interesting... |
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Konundrum
Joined: 28 Feb 2005
Location: Boston
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| Posted: Mon May 02, 2005 3:47 am Post subject: |
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| Doesn't "by" imply on some sort of conveyance on which you are riding? |
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Ya-ta Boy
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: Established in 1994
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| Posted: Mon May 02, 2005 4:31 am Post subject: |
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Yes, there is some very interesting English used in books sold here. One of my friends used to ask me to look over his and mark any mistakes. I did. It took hours because there were so many.
My friend wrote a letter to the publishing company...then threw away the book.
He never got any response from the publisher. Maybe he should have thrown the book at the publisher. |
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JacktheCat
Joined: 08 May 2004
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| Posted: Mon May 02, 2005 4:59 am Post subject: |
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| hypnotist wrote: |
I wondered: do you guys notify the publishers of text books you use, when the English in them is hideously wrong?
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The problem is the books with the most mistakes are English textbooks by Korean writers, most especially the public school textbooks.
There is no way a Korean author is going to listen to, much less act upon, advice from a waegukin. |
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d503
Joined: 16 Oct 2004
Location: Daecheong, Seoul
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| Posted: Mon May 02, 2005 5:32 am Post subject: |
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| Our school tells us to alert them of errors, which we do. But as to what they do with them..who knows. |
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