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Most popular on Speak Good English Movement this month:

1. “Youth” or “Youths”
   How do we differentiate when to use “youth” and “youths”?
2. How to Pronounce Subtle
   Did you know this is commonly pronounced as “sub-tuhl”? Find out how to pronounce “subtle” correctly with our audio file.
3. “Pray or “Prey”
   What is the difference between “pray” and “prey”? Are they misspellings of the same word?

Read Speak Good English Movement Newsletter Issue #25.

For Families

Speak Good English Carnival 2011

This September, the Speak Good English Movement presents to you the Speak Good English Carnival 2011!

Come down to Jurong Regional Library on 10 September and 11 September to see what games and activities the carnival has in store for you.

Venue: Jurong Regional Library
Date: 10 & 11 September 2011 (Saturday, Sunday)
Time: 10am to 8pm

For Youth

The Acoustics Session

Catch Nick, Chim, Cockpit Singapore, silhouetee, Vanessa Faith, Middle Child Syndrome and more at Acoustic Sessions, a gig series that lets you get to know bands you love through our chill out renditions of their songs.

Venue: Jurong Regional Library, Level 4
Date: 10 & 11 September 2011 (Saturday, Sunday)
Time: 2pm to 8pm

Read Speak Good English Movement Newsletter Issue #24.

Improve Your English Issue I

What’s the past tense of Feedback?

Stop pronouncing your favourite dishes wrongly!

What’s the difference between ‘bring’ and ‘take’?

Does revert mean reply?

What’s the difference between ‘it’s’ and ‘its’?

Is ‘stuffs’ the plural or ‘stuff’?

We’ve answered some of the most frequently asked questions about the English language and compiled them into a Brand New eBook!

Read Speak Good English Movement Newsletter Issue #23.

Improve Your English

Want to improve your English? Head to our Improve Your English section to learn more!

Learn when to use ‘let’, ‘let’s’ and ‘lets’?, ‘I have eaten’ and ‘I ate’ and the difference between ‘ensemble’ and ‘assemble’.

Here are some interesting facts that might interest you!

• Let, let’s, or lets’?
  When do we use ‘let’, ‘let’s’ and ‘lets’?
• ‘I have eaten’ and ‘I ate’?
  When do we use ‘I have eaten’ and ‘I ate’?
• ‘Ensemble’ or ‘assemble’?
  What is the difference between ‘ensemble’ and ‘assemble’?
• What does ‘in the pink of health’ mean?
  Is it good to be in the pink of health?

Say It Right

Is an initiative that aims to help people with the pronunciation of some commonly mispronounced words.

Say It Right! contains a list of commonly mispronounced words with correct audio pronunciations and definitions in a Singaporean voice.

Learn how to pronounce words like southern, predator, genre and others every week.

This month, learn how to pronounce these 5 words correctly:

• Southern: suhth-ern
• Predator: pred-uh-ter
• Genre: zhahn-ruh
• Encore: ahn-kohr
• Yacht: yot

Read Speak Good English Newsletter Issue #22.

Say It Right

Is an initiative that aims to help people with the pronunciation of some commonly mispronounced words.

Say It Right! contains a list of commonly mispronounced words with correct audio pronunciations and definitions in a Singaporean voice.

Learn how to pronounce words like receptive, increment, espresso, sorbet and others every week.

This month, learn how to pronounce these 5 words correctly:

• Receptive: ri-sep-tiv.
• Increment: in-kruh-muhnt
• Espresso: e-spres-oh
• Sorbet: sawr-bey
• Passengers: pas-uhn-jers

Read Speak Good English Newsletter Issue #21.

Improve Your English

Want to improve your English? Head to our Improve Your English section to learn more!

Learn when to use ‘have’ or ‘has’, if it’s ‘on hindsight’ or ‘in hindsight’ and if ‘Please revert soonest possible.’ is grammatically correct.

Here are some interesting facts that might interest you!

• ‘Please kindly’ or just ‘please’?
  Is it redundant to use ‘please kindly’?
• ‘Please revert soonest possible.’
  Is this sentence grammatically correct?
• None of them ‘have’ or ‘has’?
  Is there a rule that says it should always be “none of them has“?
• Is it ‘on hindsight’ or ‘in hindsight’?
  Which is the right preposition to use?
• Is it ‘surrounded with’ or ‘surrounded by’?
  Which is the right preposition to use?

Say It Right

Is an initiative that aims to help people with the pronunciation of some commonly mispronounced words.

Say It Right! contains a list of commonly mispronounced words with correct audio pronunciations and definitions in a Singaporean voice.

Learn how to pronounce words like debut, jewellery and others every week.

This month, learn how to pronounce these 5 words correctly:

• Debut: day-byoo
• Jewellery: joo-uhl-ree
• Envelop: en-vuh-lohp
• Film: film
• Personnel: pur-suh-nel

Read Speak Good English Newsletter Issue #20.

Improve Your English

Want to improve your English? Head to our Improve Your English section to learn more!

Learn the difference between beneath and underneath, when to use pressured or pressurised and the correct spelling for some commonly misspelled words.

Here are some interesting facts that might interest you!

• Beneath vs Underneath
  What’s the difference between ‘Beneath’ and ‘Underneath’?
• Luggage vs Luggages
  Do you say ‘Luggage’ or ‘Luggages’?
• Pressured or Pressurised?
  Should it be pressured or pressurised?
• How to Spell ‘Address’ Correctly
  Words containing 2 consecutive letters can sometimes be confusing.

Say It Right

Is an initiative that aims to help people with the pronunciation of some commonly mispronounced words.

Say It Right! contains a list of commonly mispronounced words with correct audio pronunciations and definitions in a Singaporean voice.

Learn how to pronounce words like liaise, siphon, esplanade, almond, library and others every week.

This month, learn how to pronounce these 5 words correctly:

• Siphon: sahy-fuhn
• Tuition: too-ish-uhn
• Grasp: grahsp
• Salmon: sam-uhn
• Ergonomic: ur-guh-nom-ik

Read Speak Good English Newsletter Issue #19.

Say It Right

Is an initiative that aims to help people with the pronunciation of some commonly mispronounced words.

Say It Right! contains a list of commonly mispronounced words with correct audio pronunciations and definitions in a Singaporean voice.

Learn how to pronounce words like liaise, siphon, esplanade, almond, library and others every week.

This month, learn how to pronounce these 5 words correctly:

• Opportunity
• Comfortable
• Croissant
• Pronunciation
• Their

Read Speak Good English Newsletter Issue #18.

Golden Ticket Contest

The Golden Ticket Contest is a contest where you find the Golden Ticket and stand a chance to win a new iPod Touch!

Spot a Golden Ticket, take a photo of it, then send the photo and your answer to the question on the Golden Ticket to stomp@stomp.com.sg and you might win a new iPod Touch!

Be a Grammar Ninja and combat English errors

STOMP and the Speak Good English Movement present Grammar Ninja!

Your mission: To snap pictures of poor English use in public places, suggest corrections for them, and post them in Stomp’s forum.

For the month of December, keep a look-out for English errors found in Chinatown, one of Singapore’s oldest ethnic neighbourhoods.

At the end of each month, our panel of judges will award a $100 Kinokuniya voucher to the grammar ninja who finds and fixes the most significant error(s) correctly.

Read Speak Good English Newsletter Issue #17.

Work Your Language

Work Your Language is a weekly radio programme on Mediacorp Radio’s 938LIVE which helps you enhance your communication skills at work.

The programme may have ended its run on but you can still listen to the podcasts uploaded on our website.

Pick up hints on how you can be more effective in the workplace and discover how you can engage and inspire your colleagues to achieve their goals.

Be a Grammar Ninja and combat English errors

STOMP and the Speak Good English Movement present Grammar Ninja!

Your mission: To snap pictures of poor English use in public places, suggest corrections for them, and post them in Stomp’s forum.

For the month of July, keep a look out for English errors at the Makan places all over Singapore! It could be at carparks, bus interchanges or MRT stations!

At the end of each month, our panel of judges will award a $100 Kinokuniya voucher to the grammar ninja who finds and fixes the most significant error(s) correctly.

Read Speak Good English Newsletter Issue #16.