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10 Common Grammatical Blunders You Should Endeavour To Avoid by Rapmoney(m): 9:22pm On Aug 03, 2016 |
As humans, we learn new things everyday. Only a dead man that doesn't learn and the foolish man picks offence unnecessarily when he's corrected! ![]() 1) 'Who is that'? People often ask this question when they hear a knock on their door. The proper question to ask should be: 'Who is it'? This is because you don't know who's at your door. It's even preferable to ask: 'Who be that'? At least, we know you are speaking Pidgin English ![]() 2) Answering a question with just a simple YES or NO only. This is very wrong. Example1: 'Do you work on Sundays'? Instead of answering 'No', you should say 'No, I don't'. Example2: 'Do you know him'? Instead of saying just 'Yes' if you know who the first speaker is referring to, you should say 'Yes, I do'. That makes it a complete answer. 3) Using the word 'offer' in school subjects. Many teachers make this terrible mistake!!! You would hear statements like 'My students don't offer Literature' or 'If you know you are not offering Government, leave the class'. WRONG!!! Students don't OFFER subjects; they TAKE subjects! To offer means to give or present something to someone. Does it mean you are presenting something to Literature or Government? ![]() ![]() 4) Using a plural verb for collective pronouns: 'Everybody ARE coming'. EVERYBODY is a collective pronoun. Collective pronouns (Collective nouns inclusive), carry a singular verb which is 'IS' and not 'ARE'. Many people also make the mistake of adding 'S' to staff, when addressing a collection of workers in an organisation. Don't say 'All the staffs in this firm'. Instead, say 'All the staff in this firm'. 5) 'I want to buy COOK egg' (Lol, not even cooked egg! ![]() 6) 'The shoes do not size me'. Wrong!!! 'SIZE', in this context, is a noun! It cannot function as a verb here. The correct way to say this is: 'The shoes do not fit me' or 'The shoes are not my size'. You can still say 'The shoes are over-sized or under-sized'. 7) 'My stomach or my head is paining me'. WRONG! It's not only a terrible mistake to make grammatically; it's also a useless statement!!! Why add ING to PAIN to create a verb that's not only useless but non-existent? ![]() The following are more of Oral English (correct pronunciation; that's speaking right). ![]() 9) When you pronounce WEDNESDAY, the 'D' should be silent. It should come as 'WENSDAY'. 10) When you pronounce POLICE, the 'O' should be silent. It should come as 'Plice'. Godbless! 469 Likes 81 Shares |
Re: 10 Common Grammatical Blunders You Should Endeavour To Avoid by boss096(m): 9:31pm On Aug 03, 2016 |
I was hoping to see something new... now some dude is gonna tell me i cant add -ing to hope. mtcheew walks outa thread. 6 Likes 3 Shares |
Re: 10 Common Grammatical Blunders You Should Endeavour To Avoid by Nobody: 9:36pm On Aug 03, 2016 |
Ye Ye Ye I know some set of students that won't know all but lemme ![]() Tanks Op ![]() It's not easy to be a grammarian ![]() 12 Likes 5 Shares |
Re: 10 Common Grammatical Blunders You Should Endeavour To Avoid by Rapmoney(m): 9:44pm On Aug 03, 2016 |
boss096:People like you hardly learn! Why not move to the Celebrity Section if you don't have anything meaningful to say here? ![]() 107 Likes 5 Shares |
Re: 10 Common Grammatical Blunders You Should Endeavour To Avoid by Rapmoney(m): 10:00pm On Aug 03, 2016 |
HateU2:Thanks! I appreciate! ![]() 1 Like |
Re: 10 Common Grammatical Blunders You Should Endeavour To Avoid by weblord1900: 10:32pm On Aug 03, 2016 |
Rapmoney: OP no vex o. is it neighbourhood shop or neighbourhood's shop ![]() 10 Likes |
Re: 10 Common Grammatical Blunders You Should Endeavour To Avoid by Rapmoney(m): 6:07am On Aug 04, 2016 |
weblord1900:I saw it coming...before Moses, there was Jesus. What you saw up there is correct! There is no need for an apostrophe. 32 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: 10 Common Grammatical Blunders You Should Endeavour To Avoid by Funnyguy83: 6:39am On Aug 04, 2016 |
correct op. I just learnt something new now . Its FUNNYGUY again. 8 Likes |
Re: 10 Common Grammatical Blunders You Should Endeavour To Avoid by Opistorincos(m): 7:01am On Aug 04, 2016 |
Thanks a lot @op, as a masscomm student my English needs to be near perfect and with this, I've learnt new stuffs and I'll keep my spoken English in check 12 Likes |
Re: 10 Common Grammatical Blunders You Should Endeavour To Avoid by Rapmoney(m): 7:02am On Aug 04, 2016 |
Funnyguy83:Thanks. We all learn everyday! 2 Likes |
Re: 10 Common Grammatical Blunders You Should Endeavour To Avoid by Rapmoney(m): 7:04am On Aug 04, 2016 |
Opistorincos:Thank you; I appreciate ![]() 5 Likes |
Re: 10 Common Grammatical Blunders You Should Endeavour To Avoid by Rapmoney(m): 7:10am On Aug 04, 2016 |
Fynestboi, Richiez, olawalebabs...let's promote learning on this platform. This is an educative stuff. We are all learning. There are people who this post might help. Thanks! 5 Likes 1 Share |
Re: 10 Common Grammatical Blunders You Should Endeavour To Avoid by LOVEGINO(m): 7:16am On Aug 04, 2016 |
Who English don epp for Nigeria? Leave matter for dem Dogara and d polithiefcians 2 Likes 1 Share |
Re: 10 Common Grammatical Blunders You Should Endeavour To Avoid by Rapmoney(m): 7:19am On Aug 04, 2016 |
LOVEGINO:That's why most of you fail job interviews! 22 Likes 1 Share |
Re: 10 Common Grammatical Blunders You Should Endeavour To Avoid by babyfaceafrica: 7:23am On Aug 04, 2016 |
That you no 1 and 2 is crap!!!!!....there is absolutely nothing wrong in saying who is that?..who is it sometimes is even demeaning,as it is used for animals or inanimate entities.my advise to anyone just saying who is that ,is that such individual should use''please".because it might be an elder...say who is that please? Or please,who is that?...you could also say who is there ,please?.. To your number 2,there are questions that we call yes or no questions,therefore telling me to answer in full sentence sounds funny,if someone should ask me;are you at home? And I answer yes.what's wrong with that!!!!....am I not clear enough?...language is all about competence and performance....comprehension is paramount....Nice points from 3 though 33 Likes 3 Shares |
Re: 10 Common Grammatical Blunders You Should Endeavour To Avoid by Rapmoney(m): 7:53am On Aug 04, 2016 |
babyfaceafrica:Pick up English Grammar books and see if you are not entirely wrong for saying the first and second points are wrong! You don't just sit somewhere and assume that what someone has posted is wrong without you doing any research to find out the facts! I challenge you today to do better than this. Are you trying to tell me that you know English more than the English man? ![]() 18 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: 10 Common Grammatical Blunders You Should Endeavour To Avoid by Cephydeen(m): 7:58am On Aug 04, 2016 |
learn a new thing today 1 Like |
Re: 10 Common Grammatical Blunders You Should Endeavour To Avoid by Rapmoney(m): 8:01am On Aug 04, 2016 |
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Re: 10 Common Grammatical Blunders You Should Endeavour To Avoid by babyfaceafrica: 8:09am On Aug 04, 2016 |
Rapmoney: There is more to language than picking up English grammar books? Even the English man himself is confused?why do we have various shades of English? ,the Briton has his own version(even within Britain the variant someone from newcastle(Toon) speak is different from the liverpool (scouse)),while the American(AME) has its own,likewise the Canadians and Aussies!!!...My friend even the English that you so much defend is an accumulation of different indo-germanic languages.English is crap!!!!!!....what do they have?...see different dictionaries with different phonetic transcriptions all by renowned linguist and English scholars!!!!.....Just go and sit down!!!!!....Speak and be understood...yeye 62 Likes 3 Shares |
Re: 10 Common Grammatical Blunders You Should Endeavour To Avoid by Rapmoney(m): 9:54am On Aug 04, 2016 |
babyfaceafrica:Chill and take a glass of water. Sorry, you can claim to have more knowledge than the English man when it comes to your local language! Not on this one! Bye! 6 Likes 1 Share |
Re: 10 Common Grammatical Blunders You Should Endeavour To Avoid by babyfaceafrica: 10:10am On Aug 04, 2016 |
Rapmoney:yimu 10 Likes |
Re: 10 Common Grammatical Blunders You Should Endeavour To Avoid by Fidelismaria: 11:18am On Aug 04, 2016 |
Op Enlightening or enlightning |
Re: 10 Common Grammatical Blunders You Should Endeavour To Avoid by milky3(f): 11:40am On Aug 04, 2016 |
thanks Op, I will save that 1 Like |
Re: 10 Common Grammatical Blunders You Should Endeavour To Avoid by herzern(m): 5:35pm On Aug 04, 2016 |
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Re: 10 Common Grammatical Blunders You Should Endeavour To Avoid by herzern(m): 5:35pm On Aug 04, 2016 |
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Re: 10 Common Grammatical Blunders You Should Endeavour To Avoid by winkmart: 5:36pm On Aug 04, 2016 |
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Re: 10 Common Grammatical Blunders You Should Endeavour To Avoid by herzern(m): 5:36pm On Aug 04, 2016 |
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Re: 10 Common Grammatical Blunders You Should Endeavour To Avoid by Jarus(m): 5:38pm On Aug 04, 2016 |
2) Answering a question with just a simple YES or NO only. This is very wrong. Example1: 'Do you work on Sundays'? Instead of answering 'No', you should say 'No, I don't'. Example2: 'Do you know him'? Instead of saying just 'Yes' if you know who the first speaker is referring to, you should say 'Yes, I do'. That makes it a complete answer. Answering question with "yes" or "no" is not "grammatical blunder" as your title says. You may say it is not the best way to answer someone, but it is not a blunder. It's perfectly grammatically correct. 19 Likes 1 Share |
Re: 10 Common Grammatical Blunders You Should Endeavour To Avoid by Babysho(m): 5:39pm On Aug 04, 2016 |
Here's one I hear too often---[size=18pt]"DID NEPA BROUGHT THE LIGHT?"[/size] I'll be like... ![]() 23 Likes 4 Shares |
Re: 10 Common Grammatical Blunders You Should Endeavour To Avoid by manuel80(m): 5:40pm On Aug 04, 2016 |
Rapmoney you try Nice 2 Likes |
Re: 10 Common Grammatical Blunders You Should Endeavour To Avoid by izzou(m): 5:41pm On Aug 04, 2016 |
Nice info But that Police own go hard to correct oh 2 Likes |
Re: 10 Common Grammatical Blunders You Should Endeavour To Avoid by henrydadon(m): 5:42pm On Aug 04, 2016 |
u mean grammar like "shortnicker" op leave us is it your grammer? 4 Likes 1 Share |
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