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Re: My Name Is OR My Names Are,which Is Grammatically Correct? by princesscrown(f): 6:54pm On Jul 04, 2015 |
If you lyk ve 100 hundred name is jxt simply my name IS nothing lyk my names are |
Re: My Name Is OR My Names Are,which Is Grammatically Correct? by tammie24: 7:17pm On Jul 04, 2015 |
MizMyColi:You killed it You've said it all Intelligently In short thread closed!!! 1 Like |
Re: My Name Is OR My Names Are,which Is Grammatically Correct? by damiloladuke: 7:20pm On Jul 04, 2015 |
Originalsly:am coming, please wait. let me get to age 40...I will respond to you, wait for me on NAIRALAND |
Re: My Name Is OR My Names Are,which Is Grammatically Correct? by ERF: 7:36pm On Jul 04, 2015 |
This stuff was thoroughly emphasized on when I was in Year 1. Unfortunately, a similiar incident happened in my school. A guy who was the MC for our JCCF'S DRAMA NIGHT was about introducing himself, and the first thing he spilled was: "My names are..." There was an uproar from mostly year 1 students, and the whole school. The guy changed immediately to pidgin English in a subtle way to save his head.. My name IS " Prince Emmanuel Iruoghene Emiru P.Irhela" 2 Likes 1 Share |
Re: My Name Is OR My Names Are,which Is Grammatically Correct? by iambuba(m): 7:56pm On Jul 04, 2015 |
my name is,is grammatically correct,no matter how long your name is,it still seen as one name,reffering to one person... |
Re: My Name Is OR My Names Are,which Is Grammatically Correct? by oshiosense(m): 7:59pm On Jul 04, 2015 |
"My name" is the correct, unless when you are asked or wants to be specific, you can now say my surname or first is so, so, so |
Re: My Name Is OR My Names Are,which Is Grammatically Correct? by Drabrah(m): 8:07pm On Jul 04, 2015 |
MizMyColi:Gbam!!! U nailed it Mhen !!! 1 Like |
Re: My Name Is OR My Names Are,which Is Grammatically Correct? by stainless40: 8:12pm On Jul 04, 2015 |
uchennamani:lie lie. once you are referring to an individual whether that particular person has twenty names it's IS. NOTHING LIKE MY NAMES ARE in English language. you can only use that when referring to two individuals. OUR NAMES ARE |
Re: My Name Is OR My Names Are,which Is Grammatically Correct? by bqlekan(m): 8:47pm On Jul 04, 2015 |
ElDeeVee:lol, o serious...how u dey jare., long time |
Re: My Name Is OR My Names Are,which Is Grammatically Correct? by ihatesycophant(m): 8:50pm On Jul 04, 2015 |
Pineapp: You're wrong, the correct one is "my name is". If an individual is having 100 names, since is the same person bearing the same names in grammatical expression it's expressed as a single name. So, in introduction of one's names, you say, my name is - - - - - - - - - -. |
Re: My Name Is OR My Names Are,which Is Grammatically Correct? by ElDeeVee(m): 8:52pm On Jul 04, 2015 |
bqlekan:Leke, I'm fine o....how's you too? |
Re: My Name Is OR My Names Are,which Is Grammatically Correct? by Originalsly: 8:55pm On Jul 04, 2015 |
damiloladuke:Ok....I live here on Nairaland....I'll wait ... and try to remember your names are damiloladuke ...ah ah?...only one name...ehmmm....I'll try to remember your name is damiloladuke. |
Re: My Name Is OR My Names Are,which Is Grammatically Correct? by ihatesycophant(m): 8:58pm On Jul 04, 2015 |
STANPASQUAL:You're wrong nothing like my names are if you're referring to a singular individual because it's the same one person and not two. If you like have 100 names, it's my name is and not my names are. 1 Like |
Re: My Name Is OR My Names Are,which Is Grammatically Correct? by bqlekan(m): 9:02pm On Jul 04, 2015 |
ElDeeVee:lol..you still calling me this name, oya this is a social forum nah |
Re: My Name Is OR My Names Are,which Is Grammatically Correct? by ihatesycophant(m): 9:05pm On Jul 04, 2015 |
Sanchez01: 2 Likes |
Re: My Name Is OR My Names Are,which Is Grammatically Correct? by ihatesycophant(m): 9:09pm On Jul 04, 2015 |
Admin, if you like have 100 names, since it's single you, during introduction you don't pluralise yourself but you simply say my name is and not my names are. If you say, my names are. Are you two-in-one? |
Re: My Name Is OR My Names Are,which Is Grammatically Correct? by ElDeeVee(m): 9:16pm On Jul 04, 2015 |
bqlekan:OK then |
Re: My Name Is OR My Names Are,which Is Grammatically Correct? by ifeoluwasegun(m): 9:31pm On Jul 04, 2015 |
StarMogul: That's just the main idea. No matter how long/much the names... you're still referring to the same person (individual). So... MY NAME IS.... |
Re: My Name Is OR My Names Are,which Is Grammatically Correct? by daven: 9:41pm On Jul 04, 2015 |
MizMyColi: This is school fees well accounted for. 1 Like |
Re: My Name Is OR My Names Are,which Is Grammatically Correct? by Kazrem(m): 9:42pm On Jul 04, 2015 |
Jarus:Ese egbon. |
Re: My Name Is OR My Names Are,which Is Grammatically Correct? by Teslaraj121(m): 9:43pm On Jul 04, 2015 |
both are correct |
Re: My Name Is OR My Names Are,which Is Grammatically Correct? by daven: 9:46pm On Jul 04, 2015 |
Sanchez01: People wey go school. 1 Like |
Re: My Name Is OR My Names Are,which Is Grammatically Correct? by pressplay411(m): 9:53pm On Jul 04, 2015 |
Talk/Write all you like, One thing that is sure is an Igbo man will still introduce himself as My Names Are Okoro Okechukwu Mbadiwe. |
Re: My Name Is OR My Names Are,which Is Grammatically Correct? by DonXavi(m): 10:03pm On Jul 04, 2015 |
H |
Re: My Name Is OR My Names Are,which Is Grammatically Correct? by gloriabisong: 10:15pm On Jul 04, 2015 |
Ur name consist of ur three names so name is is correct eg Mary Esther okoro is ur name |
Re: My Name Is OR My Names Are,which Is Grammatically Correct? by STANPASQUAL(m): 10:41pm On Jul 04, 2015 |
ihatesycophant:Unfortunately, u are wrong!! We are considering the names and not d individuals!! U possess multiple names and they ARE ur NAMES!! They IS ur names. ISN'T they?? |
Re: My Name Is OR My Names Are,which Is Grammatically Correct? by chopnuckle(m): 10:45pm On Jul 04, 2015 |
Very correct! U don't say your 'names are....' When introducing yourself. Maybe it's the reason why many people keep attending interviews!!! 2 Likes |
Re: My Name Is OR My Names Are,which Is Grammatically Correct? by lollybee15(m): 11:20pm On Jul 04, 2015 |
Hmmm, may God deliver us from people who suddenly created this term few years ago and it now becomes a new trend among illiterates, semi-literates, even literates. 'My names are' is a bad English, there's nothing like this, it's 'My name is', even if one is mentioning ten names altogether. Check the definition of 'NAME' in Oxford dictionary, read everything under it and see how it is made use of in sentence. My name is Jonathan Sawyer Williams and not the other way round. Teachers in our schools these days are into this, murdering grammar. I remember some professors saying this when they were reading out election results in 2011 general election. What a shame? 1 Like |
Re: My Name Is OR My Names Are,which Is Grammatically Correct? by lollybee15(m): 11:25pm On Jul 04, 2015 |
STANPASQUAL:Did you pass English at all? Take to correction and stop changing the rules of English Language. Get a dictionary and read everything under 'NAME'. |
Re: My Name Is OR My Names Are,which Is Grammatically Correct? by Jonwesley(m): 11:30pm On Jul 04, 2015 |
MizMyColi: What away to give an answer. I don't have any better way to put it than this. Nairaland is full with illiterates. There's nothing or no such thing as " My names are" in English language, when it's you with only one identity I think there should be away that when a best opinion or an answer is given on Nairaland, the thread should be closed to avoid an endless argument upon argument. The fact that it's sounds correct by structure and construction doesn't make it right. If I meet or a candidate introduces himself or herself before me in an interview, he has failed my interview. Every other thing he does or answers before me is just for me not to show it before him or her. 1 Like |
Re: My Name Is OR My Names Are,which Is Grammatically Correct? by abdulhamid0(m): 12:00am On Jul 05, 2015 |
Both are wrong it's my name na goodluck E. Jonathan |
Re: My Name Is OR My Names Are,which Is Grammatically Correct? by holyeye1989(m): 12:09am On Jul 05, 2015 |
DEPENDING ON HOW THE QUESTION WAS ASKED...WHT IS UR NAME..?..MY NAMES ARE SO...SO.SOO...IS VERY WRONG...IS WHEN THE QUESTION IS ..WHAT ARE UR NAMES ...U ANS..MY NAMES ARE...YES..CORRECT.. |
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