The magic of ignorance - English a false prophet (Correction)

[Saran]

Exactly!  This is an issue that is being discussed in Malaysia - the
reinstitution of English as medium of instruction for science and
technology is criticised as widening the gap between the urban and rural
peoples.  But will the rural folk accept the use of Malay as medium of
instruction when the rest of the country goes ahead with English?  This is
a dilemma but the phrase "Do you think it is possible to convince people of
this "erroneous premise"" sums it up well.

Saran



At 04:22 AM 1/11/2005, you wrote:
>I don't think it's that easy to differentiate between the whole and the
>parts. I think Hamo was trying to say that in order for a nation to
>advance economically, you only have to have a few parts of the population
>speaking English. But nobody wants to be relegated to the non English
>speaking majority. Everyone wants to belong to that elite group that
>speaks English. Do you think it's possible to convince people of this
>"erroneous premise"?
>
>Stan Anonby
>----- Original Message -----
>From: <mailto:A.F.Gupta at leeds.ac.uk>Anthea Fraser Gupta
>To: <mailto:lgpolicy-list at ccat.sas.upenn.edu>lgpolicy-list at ccat.sas.upenn.edu
>Sent: Monday, January 10, 2005 3:19 PM
>Subject: RE: The magic of ignorance - English a false prophet (Correction)
>
>Hamo said:
>
>'The sentence, "This entire notion is built on the erroneous premise that
>what is good for the whole is good for all of the parts", should have read
>"This entire notion is built on the erroneous premise that what is good
>for the whole is good for each of its parts". '
>
>Why?  Both of these sentences (all/each of) are acceptable and idiomatic
>in current writing pratice.
>
>Anthea
>
>*     *     *     *     *
>Anthea Fraser Gupta (Dr)
>School of English, University of Leeds, LS2 9JT
><www.leeds.ac.uk/english/staff/afg>
>NB: Reply to a.f.gupta at leeds.ac.uk
>*     *     *     *     *
>