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English Grammar and Usage Problems => Badly Written, Badly Spoken => Topic started by: Miss Mae on July 11, 2014, 04:57:15 PM

Title: Ramadan Kareem!
Post by: Miss Mae on July 11, 2014, 04:57:15 PM

Sir, is the slogan below correct?

I think it should be "The best charity is the one given in Ramadan" instead, while my mother said it should be "The best charity is given in Ramadan."

Title: Re: Ramadan Kareem!
Post by: Joe Carillo on July 11, 2014, 07:16:03 PM

I'm ignorant of Muslim vocabulary and customs so I'm sorry that I can't respond to this question of yours. Perhaps a Muslim member of the Forum can enlighten us on this.

Title: Re: Ramadan Kareem!
Post by: Miss Mae on August 12, 2014, 01:53:13 PM

I was able to ask two men about the slogan today. One of them is a sales executive while the other is a bank executive who both studied in Muslim universities. I had inquired "Is the sentence construction correct or not?" and was answered "yes" twice.