In the lousy noon, as I was busy with winding up my part of work, going through the files to check , almost a mini bomb exploded. I mean almost.
A kind colleague of mine was generous enough to put her grammatical skills into action to put my lame grey cells to work. Not sure whether it was a breeze or a heat burst. But somehow that single word managed to get me out of the post lunch drowsy feel.
"GOVERNMENTED" .....yes I know the red lines beneath the word itself cried out the disaster. But how come the "ED" came along? After a minute's pondering, I was able to crack the puzzle. Yes!!! it was the past tense of our very own government. (Using simple past is one among the zillion th guideline point at our work as content developers). I laughed it off on a light note thinking that poor fella! might have just realized that the Government indeed has expired long back.
I am not here to go gaga over the sanctity that English language holds but still down the line, I am left wondering where were we heading. A writer is meant to be literally correct at least for Christ's sake. One can't afford to do mockery of our beloved Godess Saraswati all the time. What it takes to be a writer? A question which I am leaving for some other time. But yes one thing which I can swear on is definitely butchering the language for the sake of bread and butter might not work all the time.
Closing the brief insight to what I think, at a positive note:
"By ignorance we mistake, and by mistake we learn".
A kind colleague of mine was generous enough to put her grammatical skills into action to put my lame grey cells to work. Not sure whether it was a breeze or a heat burst. But somehow that single word managed to get me out of the post lunch drowsy feel.
"GOVERNMENTED" .....yes I know the red lines beneath the word itself cried out the disaster. But how come the "ED" came along? After a minute's pondering, I was able to crack the puzzle. Yes!!! it was the past tense of our very own government. (Using simple past is one among the zillion th guideline point at our work as content developers). I laughed it off on a light note thinking that poor fella! might have just realized that the Government indeed has expired long back.
I am not here to go gaga over the sanctity that English language holds but still down the line, I am left wondering where were we heading. A writer is meant to be literally correct at least for Christ's sake. One can't afford to do mockery of our beloved Godess Saraswati all the time. What it takes to be a writer? A question which I am leaving for some other time. But yes one thing which I can swear on is definitely butchering the language for the sake of bread and butter might not work all the time.
Closing the brief insight to what I think, at a positive note:
"By ignorance we mistake, and by mistake we learn".
I completely agree with you…but i don’t think that our government itself is learning from mistakes, bldy corrptd govrnmt…kursi miltey hi rang dikhaney shuru…I am with your colleague’s thinking as well…hehehe…at least somebody should tell our lovely corrupted government that they are expired… hehehe
ReplyDeleteYour writing includes less of detailing and more of expression...and I like this style especially if you are dealing with the subject mentioned in your post. Will wait patiently for more to come...
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Bond
well said akshara..
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