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Re: 10 Words Nigerians Commonly Misspell by rickRamozay(m): 9:59am On Sep 17, 2014 |
Nd Mr. Teacher, last tym I checked, d plural of forum was fora nd nt "forums". . . Get ur grammar right b4 u try 2 teach others |
Re: 10 Words Nigerians Commonly Misspell by beyondwalls: 10:53am On Sep 17, 2014 |
Nice write up! I have learnt something. Guilty of expantiate instead of expatiate |
Re: 10 Words Nigerians Commonly Misspell by pawapo: 10:59am On Sep 17, 2014 |
guess ts jst a faster way of typing though most dnt knw BossAyuk: Am instead of I am or I'm |
Re: 10 Words Nigerians Commonly Misspell by Bezed(m): 11:09am On Sep 17, 2014 |
XketchDesigns: A thread for you marieolaeLOL.. seriously.., always mixing up words. |
Re: 10 Words Nigerians Commonly Misspell by iphie17: 11:16am On Sep 17, 2014 |
So nobdy wnts to ans my question. |
Re: 10 Words Nigerians Commonly Misspell by affigurl5(f): 11:36am On Sep 17, 2014 |
saaedlee: . remember, they are two different words with different meaning..... the spellings are correct . weird: odd, strange, unusual wired: agitated, restless, hyper All depend on how u use them. |
Re: 10 Words Nigerians Commonly Misspell by marieolae(f): 11:55am On Sep 17, 2014 |
Bezed: LOL.. seriously.., always mixing up words.alright. Another stalker. |
Re: 10 Words Nigerians Commonly Misspell by lasheez(m): 11:57am On Sep 17, 2014 |
All wrong "More handsome,most handsome" All correct pls take note"Handsomer,handsomest" |
Re: 10 Words Nigerians Commonly Misspell by MichaelAustin(m): 12:25pm On Sep 17, 2014 |
consequences not consequencies this = one these = many eg this is d car these are d cars |
Re: 10 Words Nigerians Commonly Misspell by Ahmadjr(m): 12:50pm On Sep 17, 2014 |
affigurl5: You know on most social platform weird is actually misspelt as wierd.. your instead of you're |
Re: 10 Words Nigerians Commonly Misspell by Ahmadjr(m): 12:59pm On Sep 17, 2014 |
lasheez: All wrong "More handsome,most handsome" All correct pls take note"Handsomer,handsomest" Actually they're all correct, the only difference is in their frequency of usage with more/most handsome used more than the latter in your post 1 Like |
Re: 10 Words Nigerians Commonly Misspell by Ahmadjr(m): 1:46pm On Sep 17, 2014 |
flolancracker: ANGLE instead of ANGEL. Seriously? that's really funny, such a person should be smacked on the face with a chair |
Re: 10 Words Nigerians Commonly Misspell by Ahmadjr(m): 1:47pm On Sep 17, 2014 |
fairheven: you don't get what she's on about |
Re: 10 Words Nigerians Commonly Misspell by Ahmadjr(m): 1:51pm On Sep 17, 2014 |
30secs: Sharp guy you don quick correct yourself Abeg wetin the guy write b4 *amebo things* |
Re: 10 Words Nigerians Commonly Misspell by Ahmadjr(m): 1:57pm On Sep 17, 2014 |
san316: Ok. The one i notice is how we interchange it's and its. The first means 'it is' while the other is a possessive pronoun. Some people instead of saying 'married woman' they say 'marriage woman'. And for me, i have issues spelling words having vowels 'I' and 'E' together. Eg, deceive, recieve, concieve. *i'm not sure if i spelt them correctly. Nah it's receive and conceive...It's can also mean 'it has' |
Re: 10 Words Nigerians Commonly Misspell by Ahmadjr(m): 2:08pm On Sep 17, 2014 |
epospiky: Aha! Just learnt something today. deft slap not dirty slap as commonly used. Please is it afterall or after all? 'Afterall' we learn daily. It's After all. Deft slap could be correct since it means quick and neat so you can give some one a deft slap buh that doesn't mean 'dirty slap' is wrong...dirty" in this case is used as an intensifier, or it denotes the form in which the slap was delivered i.e an 'underhand' slap 1 Like |
Re: 10 Words Nigerians Commonly Misspell by Ahmadjr(m): 2:16pm On Sep 17, 2014 |
ZACHIE: Nawaooo you make dictionary bros... Lwkmd |
Re: 10 Words Nigerians Commonly Misspell by fairheven: 2:37pm On Sep 17, 2014 |
Ahmadjr:There is no ambiguity in wt she said,if so she can defend herself |
Re: 10 Words Nigerians Commonly Misspell by Datsme: 2:43pm On Sep 17, 2014 |
Khaynet:you are not ready to learn |
Re: 10 Words Nigerians Commonly Misspell by Ahmadjr(m): 3:07pm On Sep 17, 2014 |
londoner: @OP, I had a good laugh. We all sometimes make grammatical mistakes and have to go back to edit. It becomes an issue, when we don't realise that it is a mistake. I quite often make spelling mistakes, I must say. You guys should really stop generalizing every negativity...just cuz a few or even most people do something doesn't make it okay to tag the nation as doing it. |
Re: 10 Words Nigerians Commonly Misspell by Ahmadjr(m): 3:09pm On Sep 17, 2014 |
Nmeri17: Did u go to sec school or sunday lesson...seriously!! |
Re: 10 Words Nigerians Commonly Misspell by Ahmadjr(m): 3:27pm On Sep 17, 2014 |
emusmith: I speak pidgin but I hate it... when I speak it to my neighbours, they reply with English...Honestly (not forming whatsoever), Pidgin and I don't agree...I am in love with British English. Lol, i currently reside in an army barrack and pidgin comes with the territory... my little bro and i do speak brit tho and other guys would be like "wetin dey do una sef, na only una go xkul" seriously it's annoying to them not like i bloody care.. wish we were friends bruh |
Re: 10 Words Nigerians Commonly Misspell by Ahmadjr(m): 3:28pm On Sep 17, 2014 |
MEILYN: It's high time you leave my house- wrong. It's high time you left my house- correct "It's time you left my house" also correct |
Re: 10 Words Nigerians Commonly Misspell by Ahmadjr(m): 3:31pm On Sep 17, 2014 |
emusmith: You are more like a "Chip of the Old Block"? POC bro A chip "off" the old block |
Re: 10 Words Nigerians Commonly Misspell by Nobody: 3:44pm On Sep 17, 2014 |
Datsme:Says who? . . . Read d post again |
Re: 10 Words Nigerians Commonly Misspell by Nobody: 3:49pm On Sep 17, 2014 |
Ahmadjr:Ahmad... I totally understand... we can be... add me on bbm...check my profile |
Re: 10 Words Nigerians Commonly Misspell by Ahmadjr(m): 3:58pm On Sep 17, 2014 |
Marc9: The sad thing is that most people on this thread pointing out grammatical errors and spellings likely never scored Distinction(A1) in their English language. Can a white man spell "SANGO"? (I bet he'd spell it as SONG-O), can he spell "MAGUN"? (MAGOON). So what's the fuss about eh? And when would white men begin to study Yoruba, or Igbo or Hausa as a language course in their School curricula? What in the name of God are you going on about.. English is your lingua franca for crying out loud. And btw some whites do study our tribal languages though there's no reason they should., it's not like u go around studying Native American languages like Coushatta , Aleut, Alutiiq I mean why should you? and why should they? 1 Like |
Re: 10 Words Nigerians Commonly Misspell by moriton(m): 4:04pm On Sep 17, 2014 |
So when Good luck becomes a name nko |
Re: 10 Words Nigerians Commonly Misspell by Nobody: 4:11pm On Sep 17, 2014 |
Ahmadjr: I've met white people who can speak fluent Yoruba and Igbo. |
Re: 10 Words Nigerians Commonly Misspell by Ahmadjr(m): 4:22pm On Sep 17, 2014 |
MissMeiya: ...Exactly |
Re: 10 Words Nigerians Commonly Misspell by Ahmadjr(m): 4:23pm On Sep 17, 2014 |
moriton: So when Good luck becomes a name nko ...then it becomes a noun 1 Like |
Re: 10 Words Nigerians Commonly Misspell by Bezed(m): 4:52pm On Sep 17, 2014 |
marieolae: alright. Another stalker.lol.. I can't stalk you miss..cos most of your comments are overly just too childish for me.. |
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