English.

The problem with why teenagers fail to muster English seems clear to me now.

Firstly, when teenagers write a composition, they often missed out details and expect teachers to get the picture clear themselves.

Secondly, when teenagers speak, they do not bring across the message well to others.

For example,

When teenagers say they will FAIL their exams, there are 2 meanings underlying it.

One of which is they will NOT PASS their exams while the other is ‘I FAILED to hit my target,’

Among friends, we may often use the word ‘fail’.

However, they felt that their friends would clarify with them the meaning. Such minor mistakes made in everyday lives lead to the ‘desecrating English situation’ amongst us.

People may get the different meaning, but when we asked them, their responses would be, “you should have clarified and not make assumptions.”, which is meaning to say, halfway through marking a composition script, the teachers would have to look for you to clarify?

To all: When getting a point over, we had to be specific enough for the audience, not the audience having to interpret the meaning or ask the speaker it.