I guess it is the teacher in me who go round noting grammatical errors in notices. You can call this an occupational hazard. My latest sighting is the notice above. The error is in the preposition, "for make". It should be "to make".
People struggle with English even here. I noticed some students at university who were trying to attract other students to their "Biological Student's Association". I pointed out that the apostrophe was in the wrong position and should be placed after the 's'. Let's hope they were good at biology.
"Here" is quite obviously a place where written English is a struggle. It's also a place about 12 hours or so away from Malaysia in a south-easterly direction.
If you think "for make" is bad check out what I found during a trip to Farewell Spit. I saw a sign in which stated that "Only food and beverages purchased in Cafe passed this point." This was a professionally made sign!!
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People struggle with English even here. I noticed some students at university who were trying to attract other students to their "Biological Student's Association". I pointed out that the apostrophe was in the wrong position and should be placed after the 's'. Let's hope they were good at biology.
I checked your profile but couldn't get any info of your location and so I am not sure where your "here" is.
"Here" is quite obviously a place where written English is a struggle. It's also a place about 12 hours or so away from Malaysia in a south-easterly direction.
I should add by 'plane'.
If you think "for make" is bad check out what I found during a trip to Farewell Spit. I saw a sign in which stated that "Only food and beverages purchased in Cafe passed this point." This was a professionally made sign!!
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