ThankGod

It's a ghastly accident and not a fatal accident since no life was lost.

tommenoh:
Dont play to the gallery, with words that have no cintext:ur use of d word "fatal",is misplaced. It actually refers to an accident with fatalities ie, incurring death. Since u were prudent euf to let us know, 'no deaths occurred, then y use 'fatal accident '?

Sensationalism at it's best. They write stuff like this just to get the traffic.

omoarole:


Abi o.....Nairalanders and ignorantly displayed sensationalism....he obviously wanted to use a better adjective to communicate the seriousness of the crash

That's a Road Traffic Crash (RTC) and not fatal accident. Well I was ignorant of it before, but thanks to my then FRSC CDS group.

Thank Almighty God JEHOVAH nobody died.
HALLELUJAH.

More tthan 70% of Abjj drivers don't know how to use the roads.

They enter road b4 dey look, they switch lanes before they trafficate and they overtake with impatience as if the road ahead has an expiry date of a few seconds more.

people should learn how/wen to use ghastly, fatal n deadly. its nt funny man!!!!! seeking whose attention?

wishes dem quick recovery

god na ur hand we dey ooooo......save us

LEGALAide:

something could be fatal, yet someone could come out unscathed!
Some diseases are fatal, but not everyone dies after suffering from such fatal diseases.
Fatal means: that can cause death.
That accident above can cause death.
But nobody died this time around.
It is fatal anyway.
Op is correct my guy!

Oga......there are standard definitions and expressions, you cannot just explain them in your own terms....
An accident is fatal when someone DIES in it, not when it could have CAUSED somebody to die.....lolz
Make I no send you go read grammar oooooo!

just because the road are very okay in FCT. over speeding is an ìssue of major concern in Abuja. People are dying everyday.

just because the roads are very okay in FCT. over speeding is an ìssue of major concern in Abuja. People are dying everyday.

omoarole:


Oga......there are standard definitions and expressions, you cannot just explain them in your own terms....
An accident is fatal when someone DIES in it, not when it could have CAUSED somebody to die.....lolz
Make I no send you go read grammar oooooo!

read the caption well.
The op used three adjectives to wit: ghastly, deadly and then fatal.
Observe that the op wrote "fatal accident" in inverted commas.
This shows that he's not talking about the so-called standard usage but the real usage.
Going by the dictionary meaning of ghastly and deadly, a reader must conclude that the accident led to no death.
The front page caption read GHASTLY.
The other caption read deadly.
Then right inside the body of the article of news the op used "fatal accident".
What does that tell you?
Oga relax jare.
Buy a dictionary!

Nigerians are some of the worst drivers in the world.

"Fatal accident...although no life was lost..." This forum needs to have criteria for posting, Literacy and basic comprehension should be the minimum standard. We have to stop these "grammatically fatal posts". OP please go and study Intensive English!

viviangist2:
Was not a happy day today at Maitama Junction In Abuja Nigeria Today, There was a "fatal accident" at the junction Today which many people were injured although No life was lost at the scene of the Accident, we thank God for that, see photos from the Scene of the Accident at "Maitama Junction In Abuja" Below.

source http://viviangist.com/deadly-accident-at-maitama-junction-in-abuja-nigeria-photos

Where is the fatality? Mind your English, fatality means when someone dies. Instead, call it serious motor accident

SeverusSnape:
So B00HARI's body language odour have not touched our roads and motorists?

This is so pathetic, I wish the victims quick recovery.

Thank goodness no life was lost.

Don't allow emotions be-cloud ur sense of reasoning, from the picture of the incident u saw, does it look like the road is in a bad state? I really don't know what part of the world u are located. Just to inform u that the spot where that accident happened is very smooth and motorable, over speeding due to very good roads is the major reason of accidents that occur withing Abuja metropolis.

LEGALAide:

read the caption well.
The op used three adjectives to wit: ghastly, deadly and then fatal.
Observe that the op wrote "fatal accident" in inverted commas.
This shows that he's not talking about the so-called standard usage but the real usage.
Going by the dictionary meaning of ghastly and deadly, a reader must conclude that the accident led to no death.
The front page caption read GHASTLY.
The other caption read deadly.
Then right inside the body of the article of news the op used "fatal accident".
What does that tell you?
Oga relax jare.
Buy a dictionary!

lolz.....
I see what you mean now. But that was quite misleading. The inverted commas will refer to the colloquial meaning of the phrase, I understand. The Op was merely quoting verbatim the article, copy-and-paste method. Thus, the accusations should go to the original article. Which makes it more interesting. People should learn to use the right diction. These are standard phrases in daily usage, that connote standard meanings.

DerMeister:
"Fatal accident...although no life was lost..." This forum needs to have criteria for posting, Literacy and basic comprehension should be the minimum standard. We have to stop these "grammatically fatal posts". OP please go and study Intensive English!

Read the heading well.

The op used three adjectives to wit: ghastly, deadly and then fatal.

Observe that the op wrote "fatal accident" in inverted commas.

Going by the dictionary meaning of ghastly and deadly, a reader must conclude that the accident led to no death.

The front page caption read GHASTLY.

The other caption read deadly.

Then right inside the body of the article of news the op used "fatal accident".

What does that tell you?

The op is correct.
A disease could be fatal, but in the end one may escape death.
Therefore an accident could be fatal but in the end one may be saved by God.

@"go and study intensive English", go and buy a dictionary.
Intensive English is for abecedarians.

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