10/14/2008

My students write some funny English.

From the text to be studied:

"Chinese people, due to changing lifestyles and a strong advertising push by some dairy companies, are increasingly choosing milk formula over breastfeeding."

The question on the test:

Why do some young Chinese mothers choose milk formula instead of breastfeeding?

The answer:

Some mothers are choosing milk formula because of advertising push by daily computers.

I chortled mightily.

PS: In defense of the student, this person did quite well. I think it was a momentary lapse of focus (dairy => daiLy, and the class is called Computer/LL).

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