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		<title>&#8220;Bad Grammar&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2009 03:08:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Emily Minor, CAT VPE</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My friend Leah, who is also a Toastmaster, sent me a link to this video. It is hilarious. (OK, I am a word geek. I like English and I like words!) It’s a parody of Timbaland’s music video “The Way I Are.” It’s called “Bad Grammar – The Way I Are.”

If you don’t have time [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>My friend Leah, who is also a Toastmaster, sent me a link to this video. It is hilarious. (OK, I am a word geek. I like English and I like words!) It’s a parody of Timbaland’s music video “The Way I Are.” It’s called “Bad Grammar – The Way I Are.”</p>
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<p>If you don’t have time to watch, it goes something like this:</p>
<p>it’s the latest trend<br />
go an tell your friends<br />
we can all begin<br />
to use some bad grammar<br />
all the latest songs<br />
like to say it wrong<br />
we be singin wit’ some bad grammar<br />
take the last letter<br />
off the end of words<br />
now you talkin’ wit’ some bad grammar<br />
I ain’t pullin’ tricks<br />
with my linguistics</p>
<p>But my FAVORITE part is when he says:</p>
<p>got no proper verbal skills<br />
but I be wearin’ grillz</p>
<p>Seriously, <a href="http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=grillz" target="_blank">grills </a>just freak me out!! I almost fell off my chair laughing.</p>
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		<title>Grammarian at PS TMC</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2009 06:27:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Emily Minor, CAT VPE</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last night People&#8217;s Square TMC let me be the grammarian at their meeting. I really like language and words. Unfortunately, I am not good at words in any other languages than English  
Their VPE, XiaoXiao, asked me to share a written report so other members could learn from it.  I also decided to [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Last night <a title="People's Square Toastmasters Club" href="http://tmc585.blog.sohu.com/">People&#8217;s Square TMC</a> let me be the grammarian at their meeting. I really like language and words. Unfortunately, I am not good at words in any other languages than English <img src='http://chinaadvancedtoastmasters.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':-)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>Their VPE, XiaoXiao, asked me to share a written report so other members could learn from it.  I also decided to post it here.  I hope you find it helpful!</p>
<p>The Word of the Day was &#8220;invincible&#8221;. You might use the word like this: “I’ve dropped my camera at least five times, but it still works perfectly. It is invincible!”</p>
<p>Words and phrases I liked hearing:</p>
<p>Joe – Regarding …</p>
<p>Roawin – Fantastic, structure and organization, “love someone, love her mother!”</p>
<p>Alex – recently, hinder, ordinary</p>
<p>Paula – conquered, getting hired or getting fired?</p>
<p>Linda – straightforward, divert, input and output (you had to hear the story that went with it)</p>
<p>The most common mistake was saying “make a huge progress.” It should be “made progress” or “made a lot of progress” or “is making great progress.”</p>
<p>Don’t say <strong>audiences </strong>when referring to all of the people in the audience. You will always use <strong>audience</strong>, if you are talking about only the people you are standing in front of. Plural would only be used if you were referring several groups. “The audiences in PS, Leadership and CAT really like the trainings I gave their clubs.”</p>
<p>“You need to<strong> sell yourself out</strong>” should be “You need to <strong>sell yourself</strong>.” (Selling yourself is great. Being a sellout is not.)</p>
<p>Other things to improve on:</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: line-through;">Here is it.</span> Here it is.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: line-through;">What it is?</span> What is it?</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: line-through;">Give feedbacks</span> Give feedback. (Feedback is always singular.)</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: line-through;">Make people entertained</span> Entertain people</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: line-through;">Louder your voice</span> Raise your voice or speak louder</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: line-through;">She is a great sales.</span> She is a great salesperson. or She is in sales.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: line-through;">I am very envy of…</span> I am very envious of…</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: line-through;">Will you give a try?</span> Would you like to try? or Will you try?</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: line-through;">How many time left?</span> How much time is left?</p>
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