ave you ever listened to Nigerian women when they speak? You would certainly think they have their noise blocked. The purpose of speaking is communication.
No matter how far you speak through your noise, you will not get there expect you master the rules involved.
We all must understand the fact that English language is our second language and having originally adapted to our mother tongue and the environment we dwell in, we will still be far from it. It happens all over the world expect with the English people.
No English man will make mockery of your English as long as you can communicate with him effectively( THEY get your message)

We all make tons of mistakes both in spoken; phonology and grammar; these reflect in the written aspect.

Lesson 1

The regular verb ending in ed has a simple rule in pronouncing it. It is produced depending on whether the last letter in the root word is voiceless, voiced or alveolar plosive.


1 if the sound that comes before the past tense marker- ‘ed’ is /t/ or /d/ it should be pronounced as id as in want – id, lift- id, start- id etc



2 if the sound that comes before the ‘ed’ is a voiced consonant (sound produced with a vibration in the vocal cord) the ed is pronounced as d. e.g. begged, prayed. Etc

3 If the sound that comes before the past tense marker is a voiceless consonant sound then, the ‘ed’ is pronounced as / t/ e.g. slapped – slpæt or passed.


Do not replace its with it’s

‘Its’ means it belongs to it

Oh! The dog hurt its leg
It’s my book- it is my book

there are only four words in english language that ends with 'dous'- 'tremendous' 'harzardous' 'stupendous' 'horrendous'

simple rules of concord and verb

I love rice

He loves rice

They love


The rule of concord says a singular subject( person or thing performing an acion) follows a singualr verb while a plural subject takes a plural verb

in the first sentence, I (the first person personal pronoun) takes a plural verb cause the rule of concord allows it.

in other case all singular subject should take a singular verb

she adores her husband but I adore my husband

they adore their husbands


note that unlike noun which forms a plural marker by adding s, ies, es.

verb forms its plural without an 'S' and its singular with s, es...


has is singular while have is plural

she has a big house

we have a big house

Acronyms and Abbreviation

The two words above are not the same

Acronyms are words formation process. They are formed from the inital letter or syllables of words and can be pronounced as words

eg ECOWAS- Economic Community of West Africa State
UNESCO- United Nations Educational, Science and Cultural Organization
others are: NITEL, NEPA, NATO e.t.c

Abbreviation are formed likewise but are pronounced as sequence of letter

O.A.U
E.F.C.C
A.T.M
F.B.I

STILL ON CONCORD


When two or more singular subject refer to the same person( when a person occupies one postion) they take singular subject


The President and Chancellor attends the Convocation
The President is the same person as the Chancellor

The President and The Chancellor attend the convocation
two different people

My sister and Barrister is here to see you

when a determiner( a word before a noun or pronoun that gives more information eg article) comes before the two subjects, then we are talking about two people


My sister and my lawyer are here to see you
My sister and the lawyer are here to see you

Never say; I'm comng when you are actually going

instead you may say; I will be with you in a moment Or

I will be right back

Never say; she/he is my tight friend the phase is my close or bosom friend

if your stomach is crammed with food,

never say I'm belly full

say

I am stuffed or I feel stuffed

remember the pronunciation for stuffed is STUFT cuz f is a voicless sound which comes before 'ed'

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Hmm!
I need to verify the acronym-abbreviation thingy.
Btw, where is there no source?

its is important to know that the ability to speak or write meaningful sentence involves many processes

A Sentence like

Neither Tola nor her sisters love the man
Neither her sisters nor Tola loves the man

take note that when neither or either joins two singular noun together, the verb to be used is determined by the subject closer to the verb

neiher my friend nor her brothers are here BUT

neither her brothers nor my friend is here

ALSO


All INDEFINATE PRONOUN takes a singular verb
like everybody, everything, anybody nobody e.t.c


when ALL is used in a sentence, it either means Everything or all the people


when ALL means all the people plural verb is used

ALL are waiting to see the President


but ALL is well( everything is well)

Copied right out from English textbooks. Nice, but the OP should watch spellings too...there is no 'harzardous' in the English language spellings, 'hazardous', yes.

Is it indefinate or indefinite?









Btw, i like ur tutorial. Keep it coming.

Please i'm having problems using how and are in asking a question!

sкчscrαρεr™:
Please i'm having problems using how and are in asking a question!

4 example...?

don_salvy:
4 example...?

how/are sure are you?

How/are you any better?

How/are you suppose to be there? Etc..

sкчscrαρεr™:
Please i'm having problems using how and are in asking a question!

How are you having problem with that?

Larry-Sun:
How are you having problem with that?

i've given some examples in the aforemention.

Another example: how/are you coming?

sкчscrαρεr™:
how/are sure are you?

How/are you any better?

How/are you suppose to be there? Etc..

1. Depending on how you are presenting the question, you can use both words in asking the question (e.g. How are you sure?). You can likewise use the plural vowel 'are' in starting the question with applying 'How' (e.g. Are you sure?). The first example, however, requires that your recipient gives an explanation on his sureness, while the second example is a question that usually requires a simple yes/no reply.

2. The only correct form for this is 'Are you any better?'

3. The same rules that apply for the '1' above guide this too.

sкчscrαρεr™:
i've given some examples in the aforemention.

Another example: how/are you coming?

Correction: I've given some examples in the aforementioned.

* I've

* aforementioned

Larry-Sun:

1. Depending on how you are presenting the question, you can use both words in asking the question (e.g. How are you sure?). You can likewise use the plural vowel 'are' in starting the question with applying 'How' (e.g. Are you sure?). The first example, however, requires that your recipient gives an explanation on his sureness, while the second example is a question that usually requires a simple yes/no reply.

2. The only correct form for this is 'Are you any better?'

3. The same rules that apply for the '1' above guide this too.

I don't think it's correct to sae 'how are you sure?'. 'How' z used 2 demand 4 description. You can't ask someone 2 describe his/her assurance rather you can only ask 'why' he/she z sure. The correct way to use 'how' here z 'how sure are you' so as 2 gv d degree of assurance.

don_salvy:
I don't think it's correct to sae 'how are you sure?'. 'How' z used 2 demand 4 description. You can't ask someone 2 describe his/her assurance rather you can only ask 'why' he/she z sure. The correct way to use 'how' here z 'how sure are you' so as 2 gv d degree of assurance.

The argument lies in using both 'How' and 'Are' in asking questions. Both statements ('How are you sure?' and 'How sure are you?') are grammatically correct, I think. Sureness can definitely be explained with some degree of descriptions.

^^ I've seen your correction and explanations. Thanks alot.

sкчscrαρεr™:
^^ I've seen your correction and explanations. Thanks alot.

You're welcome, buddy. God bless you.

when you listen to some ladies , they go thus: "i dnt knw how to speak yoruba fluently. people even tell my I speak english like i dnt knw yoruba at all."


I knw diz cuz I'm a Yoruba lady


but what do u hear from such ladies.




i am coming
they are calling u
like play like play
warn yourself
the time is flying
l like your hand witing
stand up
my credit has finish
my phone/battery is dead
you cant eat your cake and have it

e.t.c


ask those girls to diffrenciate between

'compound and com'pound
'project and pro'ject

make a clear statement both in rising tone and falling tone

pronounce pho'tographer then they miss to knw dat ph is a labio- dental sound/f/

if we really want to speak fluently we must understand d basic rules in our mother tongue n english as well

we cant and never speak like a native english man or woman

if u want to get close then u must do d following

never depend on written english as a guide

dnt decieve urself by speaking though d nose in a low voice
get a pronouncing dictionary and learn how to use it effectively

be more conscious of your area of mother tongue interference


study the segmental phonology( all vowel and consonant sounds) suprasegmental phonology( stress rhyme and intonation)

english language is an intonational language so, we must knw d many sounds in english is completely absent in nigerian langs

following d basic rules in concord also helps

ALSO NOTE THAT

wrong placement of stress on syllables change d meaning of a sentence

it takes a long process.
practice hard if u truly want to get close

I forgot to reply larryi sun earlier .

diz is nt a copied wk. I am an english graduate

without any text book i knw those things n i am proud of this

n again larry i guess i must ave thougt out aloud.

its is indefinite pronoun

I'm sorry if I've offended you in any way, I meant no disrespect. I'm a writer, and I value good sentence constructions.

@ Larry i dnt mean it dat way. it's a good thing u brought my attention to it. thanks alot

evaly: @ Larry i dnt mean it dat way. it's a good thing u brought my attention to it. thanks alot

We're all learning. I'm ready to learn from you.

Nice thread. Being a grammarian makes me have a keen eye for good sentence construction. And if you have a fine grasp of the language, we become good friends!

@evaly thank u very much for ur lecture on English grammar,i really want to learn more from u,pls how can i reach u.