Hi

I think it will be nice if we help ourselves.
There are some common mistakes we make while speaking this borrowed language called English. Some times they are typographical other times we do not know it is wrong. I want to learn more and that is why I am starting this thread.

Let me give an example of what I mean.

Some one may want to write the short form of 'I am' but he will end up writing 'am'

I think the proper one is 'I'm' not 'am'

I'm sure or I am sure.

'am' comes in before I, like 'Am I sure?' But I have seen someone write, 'I'm I sure'?


have you observed any?

hmmm na you sabi

@quest
wetin that one come mean bros/sis?

@i tire ooooooooo, am very sure u wuld av read ur post several times b4 posting so as nt to make mistake ur self, n next time try 2 be original, na naija we dey ooooooooo,

@92 years old larayat
i can c ure truely an original 9ja, its seen in ur age. Take am easy sha

@neo
gosh,cant believ, u went tru my profile n sorry 4 wat, u wanna knw who i am?facebook n u"ll see, bt take am easy also.

So you want me to study before i get ur infos dat y u saying i shud face-a-book abi? Bt u fail to recommend a text book or d author of it, atleast that will enable me to face d book properly.

Oh my gosh So you want me to study before i get ur infos dat y u saying i shud face-a-book abi? Bt u fail to recommend a text book or d author of it, atleast that will enable me to face d book properly.

@neo u dont av to face a book,gosh u can equally book a face lol,

Dat sound good, i really need 2book a face, but hw is dat possible if i dont know d name or ID of person i want to book a face with?

aw, moving away frm d post?

You have no place to move to, because in d map of africa, there is no place like sumwhere. Am so sorry, dat means ure stayin

railway workers, make una try keep to the topic.

@ thread,
on a number of occasions ive seen and noticed people use 'there' in place of 'their' and vice versa.
in a nutshell, 'there' is used to refer to a place. visible or not
'their' can be used to specify possession/ownership. visible or not

mo ibo wey dey teach us english

omo ibo wey dey teach us english

yes, Oga/madam quest. i fit help you?

@ neo,sure am staying cos i want to learn english language, bt dont knw abt uuuuuuuuu.

Is it now u want to learn english.? I can see u are among students dat skip classes

@neo,am very sure u dont knw who u are talking wit 4 ur information am studing english n i knw 4 sure dat u are one of those who stay by d road side early in d mornin i mean during sch hour buying fried akara n licking ur hands so as so skip ur morning lecture which am very sure its english lang, bt dont worry dat makes d 2 of us, chao , hun

Larayat and Neo
Una well done.

@lara
I never said I am perfect. On the contrary, I said that I want to learn also. You kept using the error I pointed out  probably because you wanted to know what I would say. lol
'I'm' can never be 'am'. Let's know your own observations please!

Omo
I do make such mistakes as you pointed out sometimes but most times I correct it when I am editting.

@agaba,i was just expressing wat i feel,no hard feelings

larayat:

@agaba,i was just expressing wat i feel,no hard feelings

No hard feelings too.
What I did not understand was why you went ahead to use 'am' instead of 'I'm' in your posts.

Could you please also contribute to the topic?

i just want to b plain, wen i use 'am' i dont want to go tru d stress of typn.n my own 'am'can be used without 'i'.

I see!
Lara's English!

so wats up wit it am a student of english.

larayat:

so wats up wit it am a student of english.

Nothing is up with it. Just wandering why a student of English will choose to have her own type of English and writing a verb without a subject in sentence

so do i av to follow d rules of syntact all d time,dis is nt an english class,its a forum

At least an english student could afford to write it good so others can understand. You should not have good english in the same senstence with craps used in a 'forum'

bt dat crap is accepted by everyone, so u want me to start blowing grama so dat dey will call me i.t.k, no b me

larayat:

bt dat crap is accepted by everyone, so u want me to start blowing grama so dat dey will call me i.t.k, no b me

abeg blow the grammer make dem call you ITK. Your father paid for it!

hunnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn

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