Archive for July, 2008
Errors in Question Word Connectors
When a question word such as when or what is used as a connector, the clause that follows is not a question. Do not use interrogative form.
INCORRECT: Do you know when does the movie start?
CORRECT: Do you know when the movie starts?
INCORRECT: I don’t know what is his name.
CORRECT: [...]
The reason is because …
It is incorrect to say: The reason is because…. Use: The reason is that…
INCORRECT: The reason he was rejected was beause he was too young.
CORRECT: The reason he was rejected was that he was too young.
OR
He was rejected because he was too young.
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Ada satu topik menarik di sesi Pelatihan Kepemimpinan oleh Dale Carnegie Training yang pernah saya ikuti lima tahun lalu. Yaitu, tentang “The Thinking Mechanism”. Dijelaskan bahwa, mekanisme berpikir dari otak manusia dapat dilihat sebagai mekanisme dua sisi: satu sisi bagi mekanisme berpikir kreatif tanpa hambatan dan sisi yang lain bagi mekanisme berpikir analitis atau evaluatif. [...]
