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                    [Title] => Ganoon silang mag-Ingles  (Last Part)
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Outside a Paris dress shop: Dresses for street walking. (Maikli ang sentence kaya kahit mali, mabilis intindihin.)

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It is true.

The quality of our English, now, in our schools, is much lower than it was two generations ago.

But if you compare the quality of our English with the quality of English in other places, we are really not so bad.

Here are some examples.

Outside a Hong Kong tailor shop:

Ladies may have a fit upstairs.


In Bangkok dry cleaners:
[DatePublished] => 2005-06-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133565 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1323138 [AuthorName] => Fr. James Reuter, SJ [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 178189 [Title] => 7th place lang si Espiritu [Summary] => BUSAN -- Bumisikleta sa event na hindi niya forte at sakay ng bisikletang hindi sapat sa karera, tumapos na pampito si Victor Espiritu sa men’s 50km individual time trial sa bulubunduking Gijang road cycling course dito kahapon.
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Is forbidden to steal hotel towels please. If you are not a person to do such thing is please not to read notis.

In a Bucharest hotel lobby:


The lift is being fixed for the next day. During that time we regret that you will be unbearable.

In a Leipzig elevator:


Do not enter the lift backwards, and only when lit up.

In a Belgrade hotel elevator:

[DatePublished] => 2002-04-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Starweek Magazine [SectionUrl] => starweek-magazine [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 155610 [Title] => Sin(g)s of the World [Summary] => In a Tokyo Hotel:

Is forbidden to steal hotel towels please. If you are not a person to do such thing is please not to read notis.

In a Bucharest hotel lobby:


The lift is being fixed for the next day. During that time we regret that you will be unbearable.

In a Leipzig elevator:


Do not enter the lift backwards, and only when lit up.

In a Belgrade hotel elevator:

[DatePublished] => 2002-03-31 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Starweek Magazine [SectionUrl] => starweek-magazine [URL] => ) ) )
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                    [Title] => Ganoon silang mag-Ingles  (Last Part)
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Outside a Paris dress shop: Dresses for street walking. (Maikli ang sentence kaya kahit mali, mabilis intindihin.)

[DatePublished] => 2013-01-30 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133991 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1531312 [AuthorName] => Ms. Anne [SectionName] => Punto Mo [SectionUrl] => punto-mo [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 282300 [Title] => English [Summary] => Many English teachers, here in the Philippines, are distressed because they feel that the quality of our English is deteriorating.

It is true.

The quality of our English, now, in our schools, is much lower than it was two generations ago.

But if you compare the quality of our English with the quality of English in other places, we are really not so bad.

Here are some examples.

Outside a Hong Kong tailor shop:

Ladies may have a fit upstairs.


In Bangkok dry cleaners:
[DatePublished] => 2005-06-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133565 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1323138 [AuthorName] => Fr. James Reuter, SJ [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 178189 [Title] => 7th place lang si Espiritu [Summary] => BUSAN -- Bumisikleta sa event na hindi niya forte at sakay ng bisikletang hindi sapat sa karera, tumapos na pampito si Victor Espiritu sa men’s 50km individual time trial sa bulubunduking Gijang road cycling course dito kahapon.
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Is forbidden to steal hotel towels please. If you are not a person to do such thing is please not to read notis.

In a Bucharest hotel lobby:


The lift is being fixed for the next day. During that time we regret that you will be unbearable.

In a Leipzig elevator:


Do not enter the lift backwards, and only when lit up.

In a Belgrade hotel elevator:

[DatePublished] => 2002-04-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Starweek Magazine [SectionUrl] => starweek-magazine [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 155610 [Title] => Sin(g)s of the World [Summary] => In a Tokyo Hotel:

Is forbidden to steal hotel towels please. If you are not a person to do such thing is please not to read notis.

In a Bucharest hotel lobby:


The lift is being fixed for the next day. During that time we regret that you will be unbearable.

In a Leipzig elevator:


Do not enter the lift backwards, and only when lit up.

In a Belgrade hotel elevator:

[DatePublished] => 2002-03-31 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Starweek Magazine [SectionUrl] => starweek-magazine [URL] => ) ) )
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