common usage error on da forum

[Susie Derkins]

hi ppl,

i cannot bear it anymore...
i just hafta do this...

okie...
here goes...

u don't "give an exam"...u "take an exam"

it annoys me when ppl all over da forum talk abt "giving cat"

plzzz plzzzzz plzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
start saying "taking cat"

ah!...i'm relieved now

~susie

ps--i'm sure many o' u hv felt dis way...when someone's sayin' smthg wrong or has a wrong idea abt smthg...u get dis awful irritating feelin'...me dat way

ps 2 ps--i don't me 2 offend neone

[MOONSTRUCK]

Hi
Having had good interaction with people from all over the country i will chip in the reason for this.

It is the simple- translation of exam dena in Hindi.
So a few of us give exam while the rest take exams.

Mother Tongue Infulence of a different kind....
ciao
Nikhil

[Hobbes]

Yup. MTI of diff kinds.

U spk to some of the elder gults, their usage is "write an exam".

'cuz in telugu its "exam raayadam".



Uday

[Psychodementia]

I love nitpicking. I think the some junta on the Bangalore PG meet were witness to it

Another fav is the one where people ask for tissue "paper" (sic) at restaurants. It is a paper napkin. A tissue (no "paper") is also used for stuff like Kleenex. But again this is not the ones they give in restaurants. It is a paper napkin.

I like redundant sentences.

Arun

PS : I like using redundant sentences :P

[buck_was]

Originally Posted by cool_astronomer

U spk to some of the elder gults, their usage is "write an exam".
'cuz in telugu its "exam raayadam".

Uday

And till date I thought, "writing an exam" is as correct a form of usage as "taking an exam"... and no, I aint Telugu... nor do I hv any Telugu influence on my English...

English gurus... kindly step fwd and enlighten me on this count...

[Garuda]

give or take....arnt they both verbs? so? whats behind it? any light on that please?

[cattie]

I think 'giving an exam' means to 'examine somebody' while 'taking an exam' means 'to be examined oneself'.

as for writing & taking an exam, 'taking' seems to be more like it.

what could possibly be the diff b/w 'giving an exam' and 'conducting an exam'?

[thereisno2ndtime]

Originally Posted by Susie Derkins

hi ppl,
okie...
here goes...

u don't "give an exam"...u "take an exam"

it annoys me when ppl all over da forum talk abt "giving cat"

plzzz plzzzzz plzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
start saying "taking cat"

ah!...i'm relieved now

~susie

ps--i'm sure many o' u hv felt dis way...when someone's sayin' smthg wrong or has a wrong idea abt smthg...u get dis awful irritating feelin'...me dat way

well... well... the title and the first post are in perfect synergy i would say!!! if you don't feel bad using the above language, why don't you accept usages like "give CAT" or "take exam", which are embraced by thousands across the country? it should be perfectly acceptable...

rp

[Susie Derkins]

Originally Posted by Garuda

give or take....arnt they both verbs? so? whats behind it? any light on that please?

simple!

language n logic r 2 very different thingz :P

[Susie Derkins]

Originally Posted by Psychodementia

PS : I like using redundant sentences :P

say dat again

yup...a tissue cud be a handkerchief or a towel or......toilet paper