My name is Ishiaboncha Lekeleke Udele Osuofia
There is nothing like "My names are"

Shortyy:
my name is Goodluck. my names are Goodluck Ebele Jonathan.

aka Clueless.

afanide:
Oyibo Wey we learn English from self Never say 'MY NAMES ARE'.

Na we Africans want form our own Dictionary. The Phrase itself sounds 'ODD'

when country becomes a "She".oyinbo sef

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Djicemob:
My Name Is....

My Names Are...

This has caused serious arguments between me and friends couple of times so i decided to bring it to the house.English Language Gurus and Linguists,what are your take on the above phrases,which is better and grammatically correct when introducing oneself.Hopefully we can all learn a thing or two from your inputs.

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OP,all are correct.....choose d one wey sooth you.

Shortyy:
my name is Goodluck. my names are Goodluck Ebele Jonathan.

meaning u cud be called ebele, jonathan and goodluck?

Shortyy:
my name is Goodluck. my names are Goodluck Ebele Jonathan.

meaning u cud be called ebele, jonathan and goodluck?

must una use una ex president name as example ... rubbish

Shortyy:
my name is Goodluck. my names are Goodluck Ebele Jonathan.

lol..Night school..see blunder

"My names are" is very atrocious grammar to speak.

Anyone correct o....... Haba ,English na ppl language o,we borrow am. Oyibo no fit speak our language as we dey speaks theirs,make una leave grammar joor

My name is ... That's the correct way, I hate it when graduates introduce themselves with my names are.... It's disheartening, no be only u waka come, even if your name long like Chinese wall its still a single identifier , and singular. In all the British movies i have seen , never had a cast introduced him or herself with an "are". But naija notin wey una no go hear

BOTH ARE CORRECT GRAMMATICALLY....


DEPENDS ON YOUR FOOLISHNESS..


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My name is. DAT is d correct one. Cos d name belong to u. Some pple may bear d same name with u. But as an individual, u use d name to bring out d gud or bad in u. From OOU. English Department..

"My name is" is the correct sentence. "My names are" is usually use in aliases and not real name. Example, my name is John Chukwuma... My names are John Chiboy Fine boy Chukwuma.

Shortyy:

my names are not "my name are" didn't you notice the s at the back of the name? jeeeez.

hehehe

Shortyy:
my name is Goodluck. my names are Goodluck Ebele Jonathan.

Is "Goodluck", "Ebele" and "Jonathan" not the same person?

Shortyy:
my name is Goodluck. my names are Goodluck Ebele Jonathan.

when you say my names are, then you are to put comma while writting it or pause while saying it, ththerefore my name is Ebele Jonatan Goodluck is correct

Both!

Matter of style/choice/habit etc.

In short nothing to sweat.

my name is Dayo. My names are Igbekele Dayo Israel

My full name is Ahmed Obi. How's that?

Djicemob:
But your name and your lastname is your identity representing you as a singular entity

Thus is the only sensible person here

gulfer:
What about 'My Names was' ?

Let's look at the rules of concord, I mean, agreement. When two things form a unit. Eg. Rice and stew is my best food. Why not rice and stew are my best food? The concord rule says rice and stew form a Unit. Just like bread and butter, they also form a unit. By this rule my names form a single entity, a singular me. So I go with, my name is Tunji Agboola.

I stand to be corrected oh. No disrespect please.

I was taught my names are is wrong.

My name is, is the proper way. You are referring to yourself the individual not the number of names you have. Even if you have 5 names, it is one person. Eg my name is Bello John Uche Yomi. it's all referring to one person.

If it's more than one person. Their names are Musa, Victor, Femi, Chinedu.

phizzle017:
If you're using a compound name the are is correct but if it's just an individual then "is" is correct. My name is Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, my names are Patience Amechi-Jonathan

Olodo.

EVEN MADMAN KNOW THIS QUESTION


NA ONLY YORUBA DEY USE " MY NAME ARE"


THE RIGHT WAY TO SAID IT IS "MY NAME IS" COURSE THAT IS YOUR NAME, NOT OUR NAME

dayojags10:
my name is Dayo.
My names are Igbekele Dayo Israel

Olodo rabata. Stop eating 'ori eja'

Shortyy:
my name is Goodluck. my names are Goodluck Ebele Jonathan.

Pls note "my names are" is absolutely wrong. Have u heard an interviewer say" tell me ur names". "My name is" is the correct one

just imagine this tin

what are your names?

My names are daura dulardinho

so this tin dey koret for some people eye ba?

If person wan ask u ur name no be '' what is your name''?

Shortyy:
my name is Goodluck. my names are Goodluck Ebele Jonathan.

my name IS hammer Lloyd

NOT names are

your first name first (not last name)