ENG1502 Assignment 1
ENG1502 Assignment 2
Unique nr. 593916
Student nr. 50625470
Samuel Frederik Schoeman
I.D. nr. 9201195004085
Question 1
1. A. “If you don’t like it, to bad”
B. “to” should be too
C. This is a simple spelling error, mistaken by the sound and pronounciation of the two words.
D. If you don’t like it, too bad
2. A. “authorised personal only”
B. personal should be personel
C. This is a common spelling mistake, the words personal and personel has the phonetic sound, thus creating confusion between the meanings of each individual word.
D. Authorised personel only
3. A. “the Malaysia pavilion”
B. Malaysia should be Malaysian
C. This is a sentence construction error, commonly happening when pronouniciation of a word is simply mistaken with the spelling thereof.
D. the Malaysian pavilion
4. A. “all in a day’s play”
B. the word play should be work.
C. This is a mistake caused due to misplaced of a word in a phrase.
D. all in a day’s work
Question 2
‘their’ and there
There is phonetic equalvalence in the sound of both words, but the spelling together with the meaning of each word is different. The sound , <eir> and <ere> both sound the same but add difference to meaning of the words.
Question 3
“Study shows frequent sex enhances pregnancy chances”
The ambiguity lies the part of the sentence “…frequent sex enhances pregnancy chances”
This headline could be misinterpreted because it is a fact that the more people have sex, the more likely they are to have a mistake and fall pregnant. The actual meaning of the heading is that a medical study have be done and could prove that having sex more frequently, enhances the females reproductive organs and hormones in such a manner that if she wanted to get pregnant, she would get pregnant easier.
Question 4
a.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
b.
1. “peered”
“partway”
“concealment”
“contacted”
“retreat”
“unlatched”
This is a fiction short story. The fact that abstract and creatures such as aliens which doesn’t exist are used, are examples of fictation
Unique nr. 593916
Student nr. 50625470
Samuel Frederik Schoeman
I.D. nr. 9201195004085
Question 1
1. A. “If you don’t like it, to bad”
B. “to” should be too
C. This is a simple spelling error, mistaken by the sound and pronounciation of the two words.
D. If you don’t like it, too bad
2. A. “authorised personal only”
B. personal should be personel
C. This is a common spelling mistake, the words personal and personel has the phonetic sound, thus creating confusion between the meanings of each individual word.
D. Authorised personel only
3. A. “the Malaysia pavilion”
B. Malaysia should be Malaysian
C. This is a sentence construction error, commonly happening when pronouniciation of a word is simply mistaken with the spelling thereof.
D. the Malaysian pavilion
4. A. “all in a day’s play”
B. the word play should be work.
C. This is a mistake caused due to misplaced of a word in a phrase.
D. all in a day’s work
Question 2
‘their’ and there
There is phonetic equalvalence in the sound of both words, but the spelling together with the meaning of each word is different. The sound , <eir> and <ere> both sound the same but add difference to meaning of the words.
Question 3
“Study shows frequent sex enhances pregnancy chances”
The ambiguity lies the part of the sentence “…frequent sex enhances pregnancy chances”
This headline could be misinterpreted because it is a fact that the more people have sex, the more likely they are to have a mistake and fall pregnant. The actual meaning of the heading is that a medical study have be done and could prove that having sex more frequently, enhances the females reproductive organs and hormones in such a manner that if she wanted to get pregnant, she would get pregnant easier.
Question 4
a.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
b.
1. “peered”
“partway”
“concealment”
“contacted”
“retreat”
“unlatched”
This is a fiction short story. The fact that abstract and creatures such as aliens which doesn’t exist are used, are examples of fictation