Prof Mohanram's voice

Lata: Haiya, I got my dream job as a content writer Gita: Wow, Glad your job is   content .  never knew such jobs existed.. aren't other writers  content  with their work? Lata: I'm sorry I'm too happy.. can't see what you are pointing out Gita: alright, as you know, English is a phonetic language and the meaning changes with pronunciation, even if spelling is same. Ex. Read (present) vs Read (past) Similarly,  Content with a stress on the first syllable makes it a noun which would mean ingredients. Whereas,  content  with stress on the second syllable makes it an adjective which would mean "satisfied" content  - ' kaan -tent' - noun - ingredients content  - 'kun- tent ' - adjective - satisfied Now I assume your new job is about content writing, right? Lata: I'm a  content   content writer Gita: Nice, what are you  content  with? Lata: With this content , of course 😃 Gita: There you go, hope there is no contentio...

Mommy: Daddy, Are you going to school today? Daddy: No, i’m not going to school today, got an important meeting at office, but will be going to the school in the evening for another meeting Mommy: Well, then you are going to school right? Daddy: Like I said, I am NOT going TO school, but TO THE school Kid: Mommy, I’m the only one here who goes TO school Mommy: Today, i’m going to school too Daddy: Well, you mean you’re going TO THE school and not TO school Kid: Correct, you will go TO THE school and perhaps if you join my class, you’ll go to school too :) Mommy: why so? Daddy: Going TO school means, you are going there to “Study”, as a student, but if you are going for any other business there, then you say “TO THE school” Mommy: Exactly, that’s what I meant, Perhaps I didn’t say which school though! Daddy & Kid: Uh oh! Mommy: Right, you see, I’ve enrolled myself into music classes and I AM going TO school today :) You didn’t see that coming, did you? Dad...

Sara: Today is the last day to pay the bill Tara: Don’t worry; Lara said “We have been given the bill” Sara: Ok, Has she already paid? Tara: Lara says that we have been given the bill, right, why should we pay again? Sara: We have been given the bill, not paid right? We need to pay? Tara: Given is not Paid? Sara: It is “Been Given” it is different from “Given”;  Confused? Now listen: When you say “I have given” you mean “You gave something to someone” When you say “I have been given” it means “Someone else gave you something” Tara: Oh, then someone gave Lara just the bill? Sara: Yes, now you go and make the payment, but once you are back, I’ll tell you more about “Been” Been in different forms: I have been there => I went there in the past I have been doing this => I did this in the past and I still do it regularly I have told => I told someone  I have been told => Someone told me  The Robot has cleaned => Robot cleaned something The Robot has been cleaned ...

Manager: Hi Babu, Is the bank work completed yet? Babu: I gone to the bank and I seen the queue and didn't done the deposit sir M: you gone to the bank? B: Yes, sir I gone M: Now, i'm gone! B: you also gone sir? M: No dear, You should not say "I gone", instead say "I went" and don't say "I seen", just say "I saw" and say "I've not done the work" B: But sir everyone says "I gone" and "I seen" only no sir? M: perhaps they said "I've gone" and "I've seen" which is nothing but "I have gone" and "I have seen" which you misunderstood B: oh ok sir, I understood sir M: really? B: I have understood sir :) Next Post:  Been There; Done that! Previous Post:  To Say or To Tell? All Posts:  Prof TKM's Voice