• Twitter
  • Facebook
News-Sentinel.com Your Town. Your Voice.
Opening Arguments

The language police

I hope none of our copy editors see this story. They're so fussy about grammar and language, they might actually think this is a good idea:

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Malaysia will levy fines on those incorrectly using the national language, and will set up a specialized division to weed out offenders who mix Malay with English, news reports said Thursday.

Culture, Arts and Heritage Minister Rais Yatim said fines of up to 1,000 ringgit ($271) can be imposed on displays with any wrong or mutated form of Malay, the Star newspaper reported.

"Come out of that office with your hands up, Morris! You split an infinitive, and we have a warrant with which to quickly arrest you."

Posted in: Current Affairs

Comments

Bob G.
Fri, 10/06/2006 - 5:21am

I dunno...the other day I was pulled over for a blown tail light AND for implying a double negative...!?!

Thank the maker it was only a "warning", though, eh?

;)

B.G.

Lois Marquart
Fri, 10/06/2006 - 8:13am

Well, to be safe, people should pay attention to Suzanne Kaiser's column in your Saturday evening paper. It is great! Could be helpful in avoiding punishing grmmar errors.

Quantcast