The Affair of the Kho

Bloghopping for worthy Belo-Kho blog treatments, I stumbled upon living the expectations, and found it short of, well, my expectations -- grammar-wise, that is.

Here is his take on the scandal of the season:


"One of beautiful faces that catches my attention is Dr.Hayden Kho 27 years old,plastic surgeon and ramp model, is on the center of controversy due to his breakup with Dra.Vicky Belo a famous cosmetic surgeon here in the Philippines, its being rumoured that he had an affair with sexy star Katrina Halili that cause their break up.Hayden was first spotted at Celebrity Duets from a local tv channel.He begun his showbiz career after that.He graduated at Sto.Tomas University and became a licensed physician in the year 2007.What shocked me is the news that he allegedly committed suicide?Oh no Hayden, its so unexpected of you if that is true! "


It is called breathless blogging. Periods must be expensive in his part of the world. I also assume that his space bar needed some fixing. So, I decided to just put some full stops here and there, fix some syntax problems, force some spaces between words, and give the entry a full make-over ala Belo.

Here it is:

"A beautiful face that catches my attention is that of Dr. Hayden Kho. A 27-year old plastic surgeon and ramp model, he is now the center of controversy due to his breakup with his girlfriend Dr.Vicky Belo, a famous cosmetic surgeon here in the Philippines. It's being rumored that he had an affair with sexy star Katrina Halili; and this was the cause of the breakup.

Hayden was first spotted in Celebrity Duets, a local TV show. He began his showbiz career after that. He graduated at Sto.Tomas University and became a licensed physician in 2007.

What shocked me was the news that he allegedly attempted to commit suicide! Oh no Hayden, it's so unexpected of you if that is true! " (Of course dear it is not true. If that were true, then you would have written an obituary right now.)


Note:

1. To say that a person allegedly committed suicide assumes that this person is dead. The allegation refers to the cause and manner of death. Marky Cielo allegedly committed suicide. Dr. Kho is still alive (as far as I know); so any allegation should refer to his attempt to commit suicide.

2. I decided to plant the word girlfriend to define who Dr. Belo was to Dr. Kho's life. Otherwise, his readers might assume that the breakup was a professional cutting of ties.

3. Don't use a question mark after the sentence that began with "What shocked me is.." because it is a declarative sentence, not an inquiry.

Positivism it is!

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POSITIVISM.PH

Think Before You Ink

From the grammarblog.com


What is the worst possible situation for a wrong spelling to happen?
Here:

Maybe body art shops should hire some copy editors before their artists start with those inks.

Merry Christmas

The world's oldest Christmas card.

If the shoes don't fit, throw them at Dubya

Trust Jessica Zafra to notice another grammatical hiccup by the US thanks-be-to-god-he-is-on-his-way-out President Bush.

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Dec. 14 (Bloomberg) — President George W. Bush ducked two shoes thrown at him by a man during a press conference in the Iraqi prime minister’s office to mark the signing of a security agreement.
Bush wasn’t hit by the shoes, which both sailed over his head after they were thrown one after the other. The president shrugged and said “I’m OK” after the incident in Baghdad today. “All I can report is it is a size 10,” Bush said afterwards.
Dubya, you’re talking about two shoes, plural, so “All I can report is that the shoes are size 10″ or “…the pair is size 10.”
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I think Dubya was referring to his brain. It is size 10.

My Most Favorite Editorial

Is There a Santa Claus?

From the Editorial Page of The New York Sun,written by Francis P. Church, September 21, 1897

We take pleasure in answering thus prominently the communication below, expressing at the same time our great gratification that its faithful author is numbered among the friends of The Sun:

"Dear Editor--I am 8 years old. Some of my little friends say there is no Santa Claus. Papa says, 'If you see it in The Sun, it's so.' Please tell me the truth, is there a Santa Claus?"
Virginia O'Hanlon115 West Ninety-fifth Street

Virginia, your little friends are wrong. They have been affected by the scepticism of a sceptical age. They do not believe except they see. They think that nothing can be which is not comprehensible by their little minds. All minds, Virginia, whether they be men's or children's are little. In this great universe of ours man is a mere insect, an ant, in his intellect, as compared with the boundless world about him, as measured by the intelligence capable of grasping the whole of truth and knowledge.

Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus. He exists as certainly as love and generosity and devotion exist, and you know that they abound and give to your life its highest beauty and joy. Alas! how dreary would be the world if there were no Santa Claus! It would be as dreary as if there were no Virginias. There would be no child-like faith then, no poetry, no romance to make tolerable this existence. We should have no enjoyment, except in sense and sight. The eternal light with which childhood fills the world would be extinguished.

Not believe in Santa Claus! You might as well not believe in fairies! You might get your papa to hire men to watch in all the chimneys on Christmas eve to catch Santa Claus, but even if you did not see Santa Claus coming down, what would that prove? Nobody sees Santa Claus, but that is no sign that there is no Santa Claus. The most real things in the world are those that neither children nor men can see. Did you ever see fairies dancing on the lawn? Of course not, but that's no proof that they are not there. Nobody can conceive or imagine all the wonders there are unseen and unseeable in the world.

You tear apart the baby's rattle and see what makes the noise inside, but there is a veil covering the unseen world which not the strongest man, nor even the united strength of all the strongest men that ever lived, could tear apart. Only faith, fancy, poetry, love, romance, can push aside that curtain and view and picture the supernal beauty and glory beyond. Is it all real? Ah, Virginia, in all this world there is nothing else real and abiding.

No Santa Claus! Thank God! he lives, and he lives forever. A thousand years from now, Virginia, nay, ten times ten thousand years from now, he will continue to make glad the heart of childhood.