Please pay attention to the last sentence on the sign.
A part of it reads ‘stronger affect’ instead of the correct version, ‘stronger effect’.
It is unacceptable since the Singapore Science Centre is an education hub after all.
Moreover, this mistake was spotted on one of the exhibits at the PSLE section.
I am a private tutor by profession and had visited the Singapore Science Centre on 23rd June 2011 with one of my students who is a foreigner.
She will be taking her PSLE here in Singapore in about three months’ time.
Thanks and Regards,
Yue Wei Leng
Hello Yue Wei Leng!
We had to squint but yes we can see the problem there. That's not only the wrong word to use, that's also the wrong preposition to use!
That should instead be “...have a stronger effect on...”!
We hope you alerted someone in the Science Centre about it, Yue Wei Leng!
Can you please identify the noun(s) in this sentence: 'The toy aeroplane is broken'?
The answer given in the book is 'aeroplane', shouldn't it be 'toy aeroplane'?
Rachel
Hello Rachel!
Yes, “toy” is a noun in normal situations, Rachel! But in that sentence, “toy” is acting as an adjective to describe the aeroplane! That’s why the only noun in the sentence is “aeroplane”.
It’s like saying “coffee shop”. “Coffee” is the adjective that describes the shop!
How to pronounce 'schedule'?
In which situation we can use the word 'clarify'?
Thanks Maung
Hello Maung!
If you look in a dictionary, you will find that “schedule” can be pronounced a few ways. You can either say “SKEJ-ool” or “SKEJ-ooh-uhl”, or you can say it like the British do and say “SHED-yool” or “SHEJ-ool”. Whichever way you choose to say it, you stress the first syllable!
And the dictionary will also tell you that “clarify” means a few things. It can refer to making something clear and intelligible, or to remove solid matter from a liquid, or to free from confusion!
For everyday situations, we most probably are not going to talk about solids and liquids (unless we’re scientists!). So you will most probably be asking someone to clarify something that is not clear to you!
Can I say, ‘Please kindly remember’ and ‘Do not bring your handphone to the plant’?
Jeanine
Hi Jeanine!
Well, both those sentences are grammatically correct, Jeanine. Though we wouldn’t say something like “please kindly remember” unless we were annoyed at something. “Kindly” has that connotation so use it sparingly!
We would just say “please remember”!
How to pronounce 'divorce'? Is it pronounced as 'dee-vorced' or 'die-vorced'. People say both so I do not know which to use.
Daphne
Hey Daphne!
Anyway, if you look in the dictionary, you will find that there are two subtly different ways to pronounce “divorce” and that neither of the two involved “die”-ing.
You can either say “dih-VAWRS” or “dih-VOHRS”, both with the stress on the second syllable!
