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Re: 20 Of The Most Common Grammatical Errors We All Need To Stop Making by hot1sauce(m): 2:57pm On May 02, 2018 |
That "Am" thing is extremely irritating but at least one can tolerate all this bbm, whatsapp and text message language. The thing that I hate and I have never understood is when people use "now" in a sentence, like " I now told him/her that .... yada, yadda, yaddah". This purely applies to "Nigerian English". Nowhere else in the world will you come across this grammatical abomination. I just wonder whether or not people know this is wrong or is it just that because they don't know any better it's acceptable? 1 Like |
Re: 20 Of The Most Common Grammatical Errors We All Need To Stop Making by KrystosCJ(m): 3:02pm On May 02, 2018 |
uuzba: Is that so? Are you saying that our dwindling use of the English language has led to the disruption and decadence in our society, morals et al? How did speaking English unite us? And how has not speaking English separated us? Please I'm all nti. |
Re: 20 Of The Most Common Grammatical Errors We All Need To Stop Making by uuzba(m): 3:55pm On May 02, 2018 |
KrystosCJ: We are not a real nation. This region is the Niger Area. Occupied by different tribes. A total of over 600 languages. We did not know each other before colonial times. Everybody just did their thing in their respective kingdoms. The British White Explorers, came on ships to this region in a period of years. They came to explore, exploit... How does a British man speak to people who are not English? They just force English into your ears. Unlike other Europeans who colonized other parts of Africa, British did not attempt to learn any of our languages. They taught each of the different regions English, for Trade, for Christianity... Once each region could speak English, then it was possible for a Hausa man to talk to an Igbo man in English. A Yoruba to talk to an Efik man in English. Once this region (Niger area) started speaking English, we could be grouped into on country, Nigeria. On the West is Benin Republic - French colony. On the East is Cameroon - German Colony. - The language of our Government is English, Education- English, Administration - English. - We had no problem when they were here. We didn't even fight for independence. They just left. - And then, the tribal wars began. Goodluck was just too sensible to speak English. No matter how foolish you think he is, he sha spoke English. Buhari has addressed us in Hausa - The president? - Definitely that Address was meant for the northerners. Everybody remembers Daura, Fulani, Herdsmen, Appointed security personnel. Is that not enough evidence to you His Hausa is meant for the Hausa part of Nigeria? When people are clamouring for Igbo Presidency, what do you think will happen? An Igbo President will get to power and start speaking Igbo. Whom will Benefit? Igbo's alone. Can you not see that if that cannot happen, that is why they want Biafra back, let them speak all the Igbo they like to each other. And Oduduwa Republic of the Yoruba's? - Nobody is learning anybody's language. Everybody remains on their mother tongue. And back again to the division of the different kingdoms we were, before the British came. I don't know your tribe. But I am neither of Igbo, Yoruba or Hausa. Nigeria does not favour me at all now, and will not favour my people in the future. My area supplied Nigeria with all the Crude oil. The money of which is spent on things like N50,000,000 power bike... |
Re: 20 Of The Most Common Grammatical Errors We All Need To Stop Making by MissJoy29(f): 4:25pm On May 02, 2018 |
Ralphlauren:Please don't go there. There are a lot of words under that group that are much more confusing than loose/lose. Take a look at these: *Envelop/envelope *Principle/Principal (pronounced same) *Advice/advise *Heroin/heroine *Practice/practise *Every day/everyday etc How do you see them? |
Re: 20 Of The Most Common Grammatical Errors We All Need To Stop Making by MissJoy29(f): 4:31pm On May 02, 2018 |
Nobody remembered pairing "did & the past tense" together. A lot of people make that mistake too. *Did you ate the food? *I didn't saw you last night. What about interchanging has/have & also using any other form of tense other than the past participle? *She have go (glorified private school students say this a lot) *He have ate his food. Truth be told, English Language could be annoyingly hard! |
Re: 20 Of The Most Common Grammatical Errors We All Need To Stop Making by Angelfrost(m): 5:00pm On May 02, 2018 |
MissJoy29: Nah. It's basic English. This is the essence of Brighter Grammar, and proper/thorough English Language teaching and tutoring. |
Re: 20 Of The Most Common Grammatical Errors We All Need To Stop Making by aribisala0(m): 5:18pm On May 02, 2018 |
mascotman: Are you gay Uche face your work |
Re: 20 Of The Most Common Grammatical Errors We All Need To Stop Making by maxtreme: 5:48pm On May 02, 2018 |
veekid:It does for some! |
Re: 20 Of The Most Common Grammatical Errors We All Need To Stop Making by jamih: 6:41pm On May 02, 2018 |
add these: wondering and wandering, wondering : to wonder , a query. wandering : to move from place to place those two words cost me a lot. |
Re: 20 Of The Most Common Grammatical Errors We All Need To Stop Making by tobillionaire(m): 7:02pm On May 02, 2018 |
uuzba:I'm grateful, thanks. |
Re: 20 Of The Most Common Grammatical Errors We All Need To Stop Making by ApolitiCal: 6:30am On May 03, 2018 |
uuzba: What if I say 'can you shift a bit?' instead of '' could '' |
Re: 20 Of The Most Common Grammatical Errors We All Need To Stop Making by uuzba(m): 9:24am On May 03, 2018 |
ApolitiCal: Don't use extra words unless you mean to. You have added the word "can". Do you want this person to shift or not? - For the question, "Can you shift a bit?" You have now opened up avenue for the person to respond" 1. Yes I can 2. No I cannot. 3. Yes I can shift a bit, but I only shift in France. - As I said, English is a programming language. Speak it properly to get the exact result you want. |
Re: 20 Of The Most Common Grammatical Errors We All Need To Stop Making by Fayinx: 11:05am On May 03, 2018 |
Good one bro U try |
Re: 20 Of The Most Common Grammatical Errors We All Need To Stop Making by MissJoy29(f): 6:01pm On May 03, 2018 |
Angelfrost:Is it really? Ok. If you say so. |
Re: 20 Of The Most Common Grammatical Errors We All Need To Stop Making by enemyofprogress: 9:01pm On May 03, 2018 |
gurunlocker:pls speak for yourself |
Re: 20 Of The Most Common Grammatical Errors We All Need To Stop Making by Isomerizm(m): 1:13am On May 04, 2018 |
No one has answered me. What are the rules guiding the use of less and lesser? |
Re: 20 Of The Most Common Grammatical Errors We All Need To Stop Making by sunky97: 5:46pm On May 04, 2018 |
Isomerizm: As a general rule, "smaller" is used for size, whereas "lesser" is used for quantity. Lesser can only be used attributively. So you can say: I earn a lesser salary than my wife, but not: My salary is lesser than my wife's. |
Re: 20 Of The Most Common Grammatical Errors We All Need To Stop Making by Originalsly: 9:29pm On May 04, 2018 |
chukxie: A) I(for one) is very fond of making mistakes. B) I (for one) am very fond of making mistakes. I'm not sure which is correct...I is...or I am! |
Re: 20 Of The Most Common Grammatical Errors We All Need To Stop Making by Isomerizm(m): 10:30pm On May 04, 2018 |
sunky97:less and lesser sir. Not smaller and lesser. |
Re: 20 Of The Most Common Grammatical Errors We All Need To Stop Making by chukxie(m): 11:14pm On May 04, 2018 |
Originalsly: B is the correct one. The 'be' for I + am. While the 'be' for he /she/it / sb / sth + is. Lastly, the 'be' for we / you/ they + are. |
Re: 20 Of The Most Common Grammatical Errors We All Need To Stop Making by ShegzyB: 11:56pm On May 04, 2018 |
Demonicide: I thought u were just told "that" is used for objects and "who" for living things......kwantinu 1 Like |
Re: 20 Of The Most Common Grammatical Errors We All Need To Stop Making by EditZone(f): 8:41pm On May 19, 2019 |
aribisala0: I don't quite agree with you on your take about the use of 'whom' and 'who'. Whom is used to refer to the object of a clause or sentence, while Who is used to refer to the subject of a clause or sentence. It has nothing to do with your knowledge or lack thereof, of an identity. You can start a sentence with whom if it refers to the clause or sentence object. For example. Consider the sentence below. "She beat him to a pulp." The subject is 'she' and the object is 'him'. Now I want to find out who was beaten. I ask " Whom did she beat to a pulp"? Because the person beaten is the object of the sentence and therefore cannot go with who. Now let's say I want to ask the identity of the beater (who is the subject). I'll say - "Who beat him to a pulp?" So "whom" is an object pronoun, while "who" is a subject pronoun. Quick tip ; Him(and her) go with whom. He(and she) go with who. If the answer to your question is 'Him(or her), use whom. And vice versa. |
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