Yes we should set ourselves enviable goals and pursue them for accomplishments. One is not rewarded only to be participant in competitions.
Yes we should set ourselves enviable goals and pursue them for accomplishments. One is not rewarded only to be participant in competitions.
K. K. Acquah 9 years ago
Sammy Heywood Okine, please go back to school to learn how to improve upon your standard of English language writing. When going to school in the 1950s and 1960s in Ghana, my mates and I often read newspapers to improve upon ... read full comment
Sammy Heywood Okine, please go back to school to learn how to improve upon your standard of English language writing. When going to school in the 1950s and 1960s in Ghana, my mates and I often read newspapers to improve upon our English knowledge acquisition, in addition to what we were being taught at school. Almost all the newspapers then were top notch ones, insofar as the use of proper English language was concerned. But The Daily Graphic, The Ghana Times, as it was then called, Sunday Mirror and even the CPP's Evening News, were exceptional. This means that the journalists who reported for these newspapers had a good command of the use of the English language. It's unfortunately very pathetic today, however, to read the kind of sub-standard English journalists like you spew out daily in the social media. Oftentimes, your writings demonstrate your lack of knowledge of basic grammar or the use of the right terms. Take, for example, the ff. sentence you've written: 'According to Coach Cofie who is in his third time in Sudan as a Football Trainer ...' Why have you used 'third time' instead of 'third term'?
Another bad example: '[Ghana Black Stars] are shocked by unknown teams like it happened in South Africa 2013 when Mali edged out Ghana'. '[A]s it happened' should have been used instead of 'like it happened'. One big problem we Ghanaians have is that of blind copying. We tend to quickly adopt uncritically whatever foreigners do and say. The fact that one often hears people use this term or a similar one, 'like I said', doesn't mean that it's correct enough to be written. This I learnt in graduate school more than 33 years ago.
Another bad grammar in your piece: 'He expressed that Ghana should learn from the FIFA World Cup'. What exactly did coach Cofie express? You've not stated that. It must have been an idea, a view, a thought, or something else. It's a question of basic grammar in terms of the use of transitive and intransitive verbs. A transitive verb is used with a direct object, unlike intransitive verb. So, what your sentence lacks is the direct object, because the verb 'express' is a transitive one.
Another incorrect grammar is in: 'Moses Cofie who always love'. One need not tell you that your sentence should correctly read: 'Moses Cofie who always loves'.
'Moses Cofie, an experienced coach in his own standard'. Is this what you really wanted to say? Didn't you really mean to say, 'in his own right'?.
'Moses Cofie who always love to develop African talents and African Football in general that is for one reason why he decided to go to Sudan praised the Confederation of African Football (CAF) for ensuring that despite the Ebola Scare, the African Cup must be held in January 2015.' This is a confused sentence. You seem to have mixed two ideas and so your sentence is awkward. Did you edit your piece before submitting it for posting?
Finally, you've used the wrong word in this sentence: 'Cofie noted that it was great that Ghanaian coaches are been poached by clubs on the continent.' The correct words you should have used are 'being coached' and not 'been poached'. In other words, your sentence should have read, 'Cofie noted that it was great that Ghanaian coaches are being coached by clubs on the continent.' I've noticed that many of you today's Ghanaian journalists have so much difficulty with the use of the terms 'been' and 'being'. So there's a strong need for you today to learn how to use them correctly.
There're other minor problems in your article, but time and space do not allow me to point them all out. But please take seriously the points I've raised above and begin to learn how to write properly.
kwesi p 9 years ago
good job by a professional
good job by a professional
sowah 9 years ago
good story sammy, you are a real professional...keep it up.... shame to the against people....its all about news.
good story sammy, you are a real professional...keep it up.... shame to the against people....its all about news.
Naa Adukwei 9 years ago
I believe the team will only prprogress if they really had a quality time preparations for the tournament. Good luck team Ghana
I believe the team will only prprogress if they really had a quality time preparations for the tournament. Good luck team Ghana
Yes we should set ourselves enviable goals and pursue them for accomplishments. One is not rewarded only to be participant in competitions.
Sammy Heywood Okine, please go back to school to learn how to improve upon your standard of English language writing. When going to school in the 1950s and 1960s in Ghana, my mates and I often read newspapers to improve upon ...
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good job by a professional
good story sammy, you are a real professional...keep it up.... shame to the against people....its all about news.
I believe the team will only prprogress if they really had a quality time preparations for the tournament. Good luck team Ghana
i love the story...its about me.. thanks sammy