It is not just the students that lack English writing skills. Even the academicians, who write text books, lack skills to present their subject in a simple and easy to understand format. This is because we inherited English from the British. Americans have mastered in this aspect. Compare the american and indian text books on similar subjects to see the difference. Indian text books are rubbish. By the way I am not sure whether text book is the right word here!
RE:This is not new
by Ramakrishna on Nov 24, 2007 02:02 PM Permalink
Hi Mate, You are a mad man. A prey to English language. Please answer this question of mine: How does it matter to a person who creates enormous wealth to know English as a language? Even if he/she speaks something it will be considered as a new trend or an aspect of innovation in terms of language function. Come out of this shell and understand the reality of life. Do you think the dissertations done by people in top-notch universities across the world [OTHER THAN INDIA] have quality language? And adding to the current context, I would like to tell you that,in the age where SMS rules the world [Stats: More than a billion SMS circulates in UK per day.], please do not expect fair and pure English from people. I hope you have understood the need of the day in modern world. It just needs to know the meaning of it than how it was communicated. People does not have time to sit and correct the grammatical mistakes of someone else, in fact themselves first. Irony of thought, in your terms, but is acceptable in all countries across the world. Thank you.
RE:This is not new
by vinay kapur on Nov 25, 2007 06:31 PM Permalink
Just because you do not agree with him , you think he is mad.Why are you trying to mix up creation of wealth with knowledge of English? Are you suggesting that wealth created by a person should be inversely proportional to his ability to express himself in good English? Are you suggesting that Ratan Tata or Mukesh Ambani should deliver their speeches in SMS English? You have yourself written good English if we leave out the last sentence.
