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English Grammar by evaly: 4:49pm On Nov 06, 2013 |
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 1 Like |
Re: English Grammar by crystalsoclear(m): 5:02pm On Nov 06, 2013 |
there are only four words in english language that ends with 'dous'- 'tremendous' 'harzardous' 'stupendous' 'horrendous' 1 Like |
Re: English Grammar by evaly: 9:51pm On Nov 06, 2013 |
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 1 Like |
Re: English Grammar by evaly: 11:06am On Nov 07, 2013 |
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 |
Re: English Grammar by evaly: 11:27am On Nov 07, 2013 |
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 |
Re: English Grammar by evaly: 3:14pm On Nov 07, 2013 |
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' |
Re: English Grammar by skyscraperTM(m): 3:54pm On Nov 07, 2013 |
Subscribed! front page worthy. |
Re: English Grammar by Nobody: 4:25pm On Nov 07, 2013 |
Hmm! I need to verify the acronym-abbreviation thingy. Btw, where is there no source? |
Re: English Grammar by evaly: 2:51pm On Nov 08, 2013 |
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) 1 Like |
Re: English Grammar by LarrySun(m): 3:45pm On Nov 09, 2013 |
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. |
Re: English Grammar by evagolden(f): 4:17pm On Nov 09, 2013 |
Is it indefinate or indefinite? Btw, i like ur tutorial. Keep it coming. |
Re: English Grammar by skyscraperTM(m): 4:22pm On Nov 09, 2013 |
Please i'm having problems using how and are in asking a question! |
Re: English Grammar by Nobody: 4:29pm On Nov 09, 2013 |
sкчscrαρεr™:4 example...? |
Re: English Grammar by skyscraperTM(m): 4:37pm On Nov 09, 2013 |
don_salvy:how/are sure are you? How/are you any better? How/are you suppose to be there? Etc.. |
Re: English Grammar by LarrySun(m): 4:38pm On Nov 09, 2013 |
sкчscrαρεr™:How are you having problem with that? |
Re: English Grammar by skyscraperTM(m): 4:44pm On Nov 09, 2013 |
Larry-Sun:i've given some examples in the aforemention. Another example: how/are you coming? |
Re: English Grammar by LarrySun(m): 4:52pm On Nov 09, 2013 |
sкчscrαρεr™: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. |
Re: English Grammar by LarrySun(m): 4:55pm On Nov 09, 2013 |
sкчscrαρεr™:Correction: I've given some examples in the aforementioned. * I've * aforementioned |
Re: English Grammar by Nobody: 4:58pm On Nov 09, 2013 |
Larry-Sun: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. |
Re: English Grammar by LarrySun(m): 5:15pm On Nov 09, 2013 |
don_salvy: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. |
Re: English Grammar by skyscraperTM(m): 6:12pm On Nov 09, 2013 |
^^ I've seen your correction and explanations. Thanks alot. |
Re: English Grammar by LarrySun(m): 6:20pm On Nov 09, 2013 |
sкчscrαρεr™:You're welcome, buddy. God bless you. |
Re: English Grammar by evaly: 2:25pm On Nov 11, 2013 |
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 |
Re: English Grammar by evaly: 4:30pm On Nov 11, 2013 |
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 |
Re: English Grammar by evaly: 6:17pm On Nov 11, 2013 |
n again larry i guess i must ave thougt out aloud. its is indefinite pronoun |
Re: English Grammar by LarrySun(m): 11:03pm On Nov 11, 2013 |
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. |
Re: English Grammar by evaly: 12:11pm On Nov 12, 2013 |
@ Larry i dnt mean it dat way. it's a good thing u brought my attention to it. thanks alot |
Re: English Grammar by LarrySun(m): 12:51pm On Nov 12, 2013 |
evaly: @ Larry i dnt mean it dat way. it's a good thing u brought my attention to it. thanks alotWe're all learning. I'm ready to learn from you. |
Re: English Grammar by Coefficient(m): 5:39pm On Nov 12, 2013 |
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! |
Re: English Grammar by Lilyluv028(f): 12:14am On Nov 17, 2013 |
@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. |
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