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Re: 20 Of The Most Common Grammatical Errors We All Need To Stop Making by ZaIykeJude(m): 9:14am On May 02, 2018 |
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Re: 20 Of The Most Common Grammatical Errors We All Need To Stop Making by bigdot1759(m): 9:20am On May 02, 2018 |
op I beg can dis grammar add more money to my account or carry me go heaven |
Re: 20 Of The Most Common Grammatical Errors We All Need To Stop Making by bigdot1759(m): 9:24am On May 02, 2018 |
ZaIykeJude:mogbe go tell obasanjo set e no Sabi correct grammar abi na grammar Dem dey use promote to Police IG Post, go tell IG sey he no Sabi grammar |
Re: 20 Of The Most Common Grammatical Errors We All Need To Stop Making by qreem231(m): 9:27am On May 02, 2018 |
Coldfeets:Even celebrities are not left out, Anita Joseph, Efe bbn, the list goes on. |
Re: 20 Of The Most Common Grammatical Errors We All Need To Stop Making by Ralphlauren(m): 9:28am On May 02, 2018 |
sunky97 how can you forget to add 'lose' vs 'loose' a lot of people do not know the difference between both words and how to use them correctly in the right context in a sentence 3 Likes |
Re: 20 Of The Most Common Grammatical Errors We All Need To Stop Making by calcal: 9:28am On May 02, 2018 |
of what use? go study your own language. shameless neggas 1 Like |
Re: 20 Of The Most Common Grammatical Errors We All Need To Stop Making by Augiiee(m): 9:36am On May 02, 2018 |
OP, God bless you for making this post, i for one is very fond of making the third mistake (its vs it's) my whole life i have used both in any context. 1 Like |
Re: 20 Of The Most Common Grammatical Errors We All Need To Stop Making by Inioluwa01(m): 9:39am On May 02, 2018 |
aribisala0:Beautiful! I almost spelled out the same observations you made. Weldone! 1 Like |
Re: 20 Of The Most Common Grammatical Errors We All Need To Stop Making by encrypt(m): 10:00am On May 02, 2018 |
Why is Sale vs Sell Never addressed?! It's the worst of them all...you'd see people typing how much do you want to sale it..like tf!! If in doubt search the word 'sale' on NL, I can wager a good sum that half the results will show the word used in place of sell. Very very annoying ! 3 Likes |
Re: 20 Of The Most Common Grammatical Errors We All Need To Stop Making by greenprince(m): 10:04am On May 02, 2018 |
ominilongest: Me.... ![]() It may be the reason you don't hit that big contract or get that opportunity. It won't kill you, just open up to it and improve. 4 Likes |
Re: 20 Of The Most Common Grammatical Errors We All Need To Stop Making by Isomerizm(m): 10:26am On May 02, 2018 |
Sunky97 Nice article. Please I need to know the rules guiding the use of 'less'and 'lesser'. Thanks you. |
Re: 20 Of The Most Common Grammatical Errors We All Need To Stop Making by Afokeoghen: 10:40am On May 02, 2018 |
[quote author=aribisala0 post=67205601 My take: if you are not an expert leave people alone with their grammar we are not English[/quote] While your observations are on point and noted.. your 'take' is not in line. You don't leave people alone with their wrong grammar. A lot of people are grateful for that post. Your contribution added to the common good. We may not be English but English is our lingua Franca. You know. I don't think we have to wait till we become experts before set out to make some corrections. 1 Like |
Re: 20 Of The Most Common Grammatical Errors We All Need To Stop Making by Originalsly: 10:52am On May 02, 2018 |
8. Me and I When you get done with that report, can you send it to Bill and I? Simply extend the sentence When you get done with the report, send it to Bill and send it to me. Emeka was kicked out of the local football club before me/I. Emeka was kicked out of the football club before I (was kicked out of the football club.) Chioma is taller than (me/I) but she is not older than (me/I.) Chioma is taller than I[/b]am tall but she is not older than [b]I am old. My brother can sing better than me/I, but he can't dance better than me/I. When between is used.... follow with me. Between you and me/I, who English epp? Educative thread.....how did this slip through to FP?? 1 Like |
Re: 20 Of The Most Common Grammatical Errors We All Need To Stop Making by aribisala0(m): 10:54am On May 02, 2018 |
[quote author=Afokeoghen post=67208022][/quote] You must have problems with comprehension The blind cannot lead the blind. One does not sell or give what one does not possess Nemo Quod dat non habet It is foolish to posture as an expert and pontificate on a subject which one has no knowledge of thereby misleading those equally ignorant. If people are interested in learning grammar this thread is not the place to attend 1 Like |
Re: 20 Of The Most Common Grammatical Errors We All Need To Stop Making by ogbiwa: 10:55am On May 02, 2018 |
Just like someone keeps using the hashtag #AmSorryAmWinningEP to promote his new song. Everytime. Like no one around him has seen it all these while? |
Re: 20 Of The Most Common Grammatical Errors We All Need To Stop Making by sonsomegrigbo: 10:57am On May 02, 2018 |
To keep up with their changing audience, Southwest Airlines rebranded in 2014. Apart from the fact that the Igbos are not as educated as the Yoruba and Hausa. They are not even legitimately rich as Yorubas! Imagine the example : To keep up with their changing audience, Southwest Airlines rebranded in 2014. IGBOS the only way out is for you to start enrolling yourselves and children in schools.... Shiorrrrrr 1 Like |
Re: 20 Of The Most Common Grammatical Errors We All Need To Stop Making by ImaIma1(f): 11:06am On May 02, 2018 |
Op the one that gets to me is this expression..."it doesn't worth it" Please tell them that it is "it is not worth it" Another one i saw recently is "i so much like that thing.." It is better to say "i like that thing so much" |
Re: 20 Of The Most Common Grammatical Errors We All Need To Stop Making by Originalsly: 11:08am On May 02, 2018 |
aribisala0:Bro.... if OP is misleading readers on something.... let us know about it instead of simply condemning him. Is there anything you can contribute to educate us?... help us correct common mistakes? Criticisms are always welcomed.....constructive criticisms. |
Re: 20 Of The Most Common Grammatical Errors We All Need To Stop Making by Nobody: 11:11am On May 02, 2018 |
DOUBLEWAHALA: This one is still a toddler. |
Re: 20 Of The Most Common Grammatical Errors We All Need To Stop Making by aribisala0(m): 11:20am On May 02, 2018 |
Originalsly:I did that in the 1st post so please naff off!! |
Re: 20 Of The Most Common Grammatical Errors We All Need To Stop Making by chukxie(m): 11:44am On May 02, 2018 |
Augiiee: Permit me to ask a question. I hope you wouldn't mind or think I'm trying to slight you. I'm just trying to learn. Which is of the two expressions below is correct? A) I for one is very fond of making mistakes. B) I for one am very fond of making mistakes. 1 Like |
Re: 20 Of The Most Common Grammatical Errors We All Need To Stop Making by Isomerizm(m): 11:52am On May 02, 2018 |
chukxie:the second one. |
Re: 20 Of The Most Common Grammatical Errors We All Need To Stop Making by chukxie(m): 12:00pm On May 02, 2018 |
Isomerizm: Good! |
Re: 20 Of The Most Common Grammatical Errors We All Need To Stop Making by NigeriaIsDoomed: 12:52pm On May 02, 2018 |
Nice one! Please who did we really offend in Nigeria? I went to a kiosk to get some stuff totaling 470, gave the hausa woman 1000 to bring 530 balance. She did her costing mentally and faulted mine so I had to use my calculator. Inspite of this she was still arguing that it was wrong. It took the intervention of a lady who also came to buy something to convince the woman even after seeing the total amount on the calculator. Please with these backward and illiterate Northern folks, will Nigeria ever progress? |
Re: 20 Of The Most Common Grammatical Errors We All Need To Stop Making by Coldfeets: 1:14pm On May 02, 2018 |
qreem231: That should tell you something about their education. 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: 20 Of The Most Common Grammatical Errors We All Need To Stop Making by Angelfrost(m): 1:25pm On May 02, 2018 |
Lovely post. How about the common wrong usage of "loose" in the stead of "lose"? This has become taken for granted that most people now think it's correct. For some reason I can't fathom, it makes me think less of a person's intelligence when I spot it. I find it 'unforgivable'. |
Re: 20 Of The Most Common Grammatical Errors We All Need To Stop Making by tobillionaire(m): 1:34pm On May 02, 2018 |
someone shld pls tell me d difference between 'will' and 'would' |
Re: 20 Of The Most Common Grammatical Errors We All Need To Stop Making by Bravo177: 1:52pm On May 02, 2018 |
KrystosCJ:y that's how we lose British accent because we simply don't care about the language. |
Re: 20 Of The Most Common Grammatical Errors We All Need To Stop Making by Bravo177: 2:05pm On May 02, 2018 |
NigeriaIsDoomed: It's impossible to progress with the alarming number if illiterates snd drop outs. There is no way people are going to make the right decision about voting if they don't know what to lookout for in a leader. 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: 20 Of The Most Common Grammatical Errors We All Need To Stop Making by mascotman(m): 2:40pm On May 02, 2018 |
aribisala0:. he did a great job there. you complemented his job in you explanations. I think it is no use advising him to leave people alone with their grammar since we're not English. A lot of people have taken correction from his write up and yours. 2 Likes |
Re: 20 Of The Most Common Grammatical Errors We All Need To Stop Making by uuzba(m): 2:47pm On May 02, 2018 |
KrystosCJ:- Without this English we are speaking, we would not have a country. There would be mass chaos everywhere. The English we are speaking united us. The English we refused to speak, when we started doing "me and my village" runs in government work, has led to the detriment you see today. |
Re: 20 Of The Most Common Grammatical Errors We All Need To Stop Making by uuzba(m): 2:50pm On May 02, 2018 |
tobillionaire: See the difference here: https://writingexplained.org/will-vs-would-difference |
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