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Friday, May 27, 2005

Random Quotes

Some of the sentences that our beloved Jun has written are funnier when quoted out of context:

"There is no set of rules, of what may appeal to reorders, may not appeal to others." -- p. 24

"Judgment is not unlike tact in its results; but whereas tact seems more or less instinctive, judgment is based more upon reason makes its decisions in the presence of facts or the light of experience." -- p. 27

"A letter of recommendation that states only the most vague generalities is most likely to have much weight." -- p.31

BTW, I've been taking a look at the site statistics of Sorry English. It seems a lot of visitors drop by my blog looking for serious guidance on English writing! They come from Google searching for phrases like:

- sample + adjustment letter + business
- 7 c's of communication
- define modern business
- modern business letter
- complementary close
- how to write business Dinner invitation letter

I hope these guys don't actually follow Mr Reyes' advice!

Posted at 05:58 pm by english crusader


	haiya September 30, 2005 03:31 PM PDT yep fell on ur blog thru google while searching for 7 c's , interesting site u hav here!

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The Tome in Question:
Reyes, Jun Urbano S. Business Correspondence. Quezon City: MW Publishing, 2005.
ISBN 971-0331-26-4



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Why this Blog:
As a Filipino engineer working for a Hong Kong accounting firm, there isn't much I can do about the declining English competence among my compatriots. Nor can I hope to single-handedly rescue the Philippine education system from the cesspool that it's in. So instead, I have decided to blog and poke fun at one of the perpetrators of bad English in the Philippines -- Mr Jun Urbano Reyes of Our Lady of Fatima University.

I picked up my wife's copy of "Business Correspondence" by Jun Urbano Reyes, and I laughed so loud it started me blogging. (My wife was given that book to use in the English class she teaches. Instead, she gave the book to me in disgust.)

In his acknowledgments, the good Mr Reyes gave "Special thanks to Mr Giovanni Sy that good looking guy and owner of Merriam Webster whose 'words of wisdom' gave me more confidence to come up with it."

Thank you, too, Mr Sy, for publishing this hilarious book.

What is "Any other else?"

I got the phrase from another great Engrish teacher, Ms C. She was my English teacher in 3rd year high school at Xavier. She'd use the phrase instead of "anything else?", and my friend D and I would keep a running total of the number of times she made this particularly irritating linguistic faux pas.

Click on "Any other else?" to leave a comment on my blog entry.

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