These days, the opportunities to infringe on copyrights of others are numerous, particularly as information is available online. It takes only very quick "copy and paste" keystrokes for a copyrighted article to be found in another publication. Although others may say that imitation is the best form of flattery, in my view, copyright infringement is not a form of imitation. It is simply not right, not morally right for that matter. If you … [Read more...]
How did “The correct use of ng and nang” perform among search engines?
October 2, 2010 By 1 Comment
Sometime last year, I posted an article about the correct use of "ng" and "nang". In that article, I shared my observations on the quality of resources then available online covering this particular topic and commented that the references even added confusion to what was already a confusing subject. I wrote: "I also found forums with threads on the subject, but I am not ready to recommend them. They are either fragmented or incomplete. Some … [Read more...]
Sharing my election notes with SBS Radio
May 25, 2010 By 2 Comments
In a telephone interview with Ronald Manila, Head of SBS Filipino Program, I shared with Ronald's listeners my observations in the recent Philippine elections. The interview, conducted in Filipino, was aired last 20 May 2010 over SBS Radio. Here are some of my notes during the interview. 1.MAARI BANG IBAHAGI MO SA AMIN ANG IYONG NAGING KARANASAN BILANG INTERNATIONAL ELECTION WATCHER Oo naman, kasamang Ronald. Isang karangalan na … [Read more...]
Foreign observers for the May 10 elections
April 8, 2010 By 3 Comments
If you missed the announcement last month of the Philippine Commission on Elections (COMELEC), we are reprinting below a news article at The Filipino Australian: For those who want to observe the Philippine elections next month, remember the deadline to apply as accredited foreign observers is next week, 15 April. According to a resolution passed by the Philippine Commission on Elections (COMELEC), applications filed after that day shall … [Read more...]
How to write a news story
March 29, 2010 By 10 Comments
Writing news stories for The Filipino Australian or for other news sites isn't difficult. You will not become an expert news writer overnight, but with practice you should be able to create effective news items. Here are some suggestions which you can also use if you are preparing a media release: Remember the 5Ws and 1H Even in the current blogging and microblogging era, this news-story writing rule formulated many many years ago still … [Read more...]
Apostrophes and Tagalog poetry
March 13, 2010 By 7 Comments
In earlier posts, we commented on poetry editing and punctuation, and grammar, spelling and poetry. In this post, I like to comment on the use of apostrophes. When writing in the English language, we use apostrophes to: - indicate possession (man's car) - indicate plural of lowercase letter and help avoid ambiguity (cross the t's) - indicate omitted letters in contracted words (don't) With the number of punctuation rules that we … [Read more...]
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