OUR KIND OF ENGLISH: TRY and error? No; it is ‘TRIAL and error’

In the Friday, August 21 edition of the tabloid whose boss signs this columnist’s pay cheque, there was an article on Page 19, penned by an upcountry correspondent, entitled, “Why I quit bodaboda game”. Para 6 goes thus:

TheCitizen

Habari Zinazoendana

9 years ago

BBC

04 Dec

Nigeria's $500m typing error

Nigeria's telecom regulator says it made a $500m (£330m) typing error when announcing a reduction in the fine imposed on Africa's largest mobile operator, MTN.

 

11 years ago

TheCitizen

24 Jan

Airline scoffs at ‘pilot error’ verdict in report

>Ethiopia Airlines has agreed with the preliminary report by Tanzania Air Accident Investigation Branch (Taib) about wrong airport landing incident at Arusha, involving its Boeing 767 last month.

 

10 years ago

BBC

Czech Ebola error sparks Ghana row

Czech medical workers spark a diplomatic row after covering a Ghanaian student in black plastic and isolating him over unfounded fears he had Ebola.

 

5 years ago

SciTechDaily

18 Feb

MIT Devises More Efficient Error Correction for Quantum Devices

MIT Devises More Efficient Error Correction for Quantum Devices  SciTechDailyCorrecting the “jitters” in quantum devices  MIT NewsView Full coverage on Google News

 

11 years ago

TheCitizen

16 Jan

Report blames pilot error for Arusha jet drama

Pilot error was to blame when an Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 767 with 223 people on board made an unscheduled landing at Arusha Airport last month, says a new report.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

15 Feb

OUR KIND OF ENGLISH: Don’t URGE with teachers, just do as they say!

Let us start with this old goof: youth for youths. We’ve reprimanded our scribbling colleagues over this goof a million times, so much that it actually bores us when we’ve to talk about it again. As we consider letting it pass, the teacher in us says No, tell it to them again…until everybody gets it right.

 

5 years ago

The Citizen Daily

16 Feb

OUR KIND OF ENGLISH: Minister gives ‘hopes’ dispute will be ‘concluded’

OUR KIND OF ENGLISH: Minister gives ‘hopes’ dispute will be ‘concluded’  The Citizen Daily

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

06 Jul

OUR KIND OF ENGLISH :Suspect fell ‘accidentally’ into a pit and died

It’s always tricky communicating to our readers in David Cameron’s mother tongue, which is the second or even third language to most of us in Bongo who earn our daily ugali by way purporting to inform, educate and entertain others.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

31 May

OUR KIND OF ENGLISH: Fortune ‘lurks’ for Bongo air transporters

The talk everywhere between now and October will be revolving around the big task ahead for Wabongo above the age of 18: electing the men and women who will be our new political bosses for the next five years.

 

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