Re: Some Common Silly Mistakes/errors People Make In English Language. by Hawlahscho(m): 2:21pm On Aug 25, 2015 |
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Re: Some Common Silly Mistakes/errors People Make In English Language. by Hawlahscho(m): 2:23pm On Aug 25, 2015 |
kokomilala: Before you jumped to premature conclusions, you should have read what I posted a second time.I posted that 'it's very predominant in British English...' I'm a grammarian; I've got a degree in English Language.My thesis involved what is on discourse.I researched thoroughly.I've taught it for so many years.I didn't just emerge from zero level to contribute to the thread.You see,before you hastily critique people's works, get your facts ready, because from obvious indications you're contradicted by your own limitations of syntax or grammar. Who? |
Re: Some Common Silly Mistakes/errors People Make In English Language. by Aminat508(f): 2:27pm On Aug 25, 2015 |
YOLOHOMMIE: aint u yeyenatu?
#YOLO am not nah. I dont understand u ooooooo |
Re: Some Common Silly Mistakes/errors People Make In English Language. by Hawlahscho(m): 2:27pm On Aug 25, 2015 |
EggovinMma:
Well change your topic then to STANDARD BRITISH ENGLISH! My sister, relax. I don't have access to it again, besides, d mod that moved it to FP edited it. For other complaints, contact lalasticlala. |
Re: Some Common Silly Mistakes/errors People Make In English Language. by mu2sa2: 2:29pm On Aug 25, 2015 |
dinkyicon: im using this platform to inform nd correct my igbo brethren that there is nothing like ....pre-par its prepare(prepair) nd derz nothing like deter myne... but determine (determean) nd nothing like ya but your Nigerians should be reminded that there's nothing like "lorv"-the correct pronunciation of love is "lav"; culture is pronounced "kalcha", not "korl-chor"; mother is pronounced "ma-tha", not "mor-da", brother as "bra-tha" not "bror-da". Gosh! Oral English isn't taught in most schools. |
Re: Some Common Silly Mistakes/errors People Make In English Language. by Hawlahscho(m): 2:29pm On Aug 25, 2015 |
teawhy2788: I hail u! But d words; has,have,had are called anomalous verbs not auxiliary verbs. Take note We have primary and secondary auxiliary verbs... so? |
Re: Some Common Silly Mistakes/errors People Make In English Language. by digitsolution: 2:32pm On Aug 25, 2015 |
Oyinbo (english language, phonetics etc) ko ja owo mo ooooo.......Gbagbe...... |
Re: Some Common Silly Mistakes/errors People Make In English Language. by Hawlahscho(m): 2:33pm On Aug 25, 2015 |
exthar87:
You pointed out d typographical errors. it's instead of it'll and etc
Thanks anyway. |
Re: Some Common Silly Mistakes/errors People Make In English Language. by Hawlahscho(m): 2:35pm On Aug 25, 2015 |
EggovinMma:
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What reason (s).Pray tell.
Phone lags while typing.
Most important, I don't have access to d post again. |
Re: Some Common Silly Mistakes/errors People Make In English Language. by YOLOHOMMIE(m): 2:36pm On Aug 25, 2015 |
Aminat508: am not nah. I dont understand u ooooooo am sorry. . . tot u re yeyenatu |
Re: Some Common Silly Mistakes/errors People Make In English Language. by Nobody: 2:37pm On Aug 25, 2015 |
Hawlahscho:
Phone lags while typing.
Most important, I don't have access to d post again. Fair enough. My bad. |
Re: Some Common Silly Mistakes/errors People Make In English Language. by Hawlahscho(m): 2:40pm On Aug 25, 2015 |
PAINGAIN: People make a lot of mistakes, especially... Number one on my list of mistakes people make is 1, STILL YET, they both mean d same thing so u can't use them together, instead say STILL or YET. My number 2 is TALKLESS, a lot of us dey make this mistake on a daily basis, instead say, MUCHLESS or LET ALONE. And please PURSUE is pronounced POSU not POSHU. Cheers. Noted. |
Re: Some Common Silly Mistakes/errors People Make In English Language. by Hawlahscho(m): 2:43pm On Aug 25, 2015 |
MrTreasure1: @OP...is this correct? "That's what I just did"
Met someone that annoyed his girl and she called to ask for something else...then I was like 'apologise to her nah', when he said that. Since he has apologized, "that's what he just did" It's correct. |
Re: Some Common Silly Mistakes/errors People Make In English Language. by kokomilala(m): 2:45pm On Aug 25, 2015 |
No, not you.Its Sanchez 01. |
Re: Some Common Silly Mistakes/errors People Make In English Language. by Hawlahscho(m): 2:45pm On Aug 25, 2015 |
littlelion: Pls i want to know, Which is correct and which is not: :I did went........ I did go...... Thanks Check my post very well, I talked about this. |
Re: Some Common Silly Mistakes/errors People Make In English Language. by Hawlahscho(m): 2:53pm On Aug 25, 2015 |
Mustiboy: you also just made a shot, who's obodo? D one i know is a footballer would have been perfect. What if Obodo is a pen? The perfect way to ask is "What/Who is Obodo?" but who has that time besides it's not formal and in case u don't know, "what's ________" is like a slang on NL, I can say "what is Mustiboy" you'll be d one to explain that you're human being. |
Re: Some Common Silly Mistakes/errors People Make In English Language. by aoshi: 2:54pm On Aug 25, 2015 |
Hawlahscho:
You made me to check dictionary, and #gbam! you're right!
Thanks for correcting d ERROR.
My T9 dictionary wicked o, d ideot typed "bursted" with no signal hahahahaha. The T9 dictionary head dey shake. Cheers, my brother. |
Re: Some Common Silly Mistakes/errors People Make In English Language. by starlingbawa(m): 3:01pm On Aug 25, 2015 |
dinkyicon: im using this platform to inform nd correct my igbo brethren that there is nothing like ....pre-par its prepare(prepair) nd derz nothing like deter myne... but determine (determean) nd nothing like ya but your God bless you mightily bro! There's this colleague of mine who's fond of saying 'YA' when the right word is 'YOUR'. It drives me crazy all the time and i never fail to correct him... I'm pretty sure he hates my guts already! |
Re: Some Common Silly Mistakes/errors People Make In English Language. by Hawlahscho(m): 3:02pm On Aug 25, 2015 |
EggovinMma:
lol.Yout dey confuse yourself. I no argue with you o.The rules dey applicable for only standard English, no be so? The op no mention standard English but English language. Sorry the rules are applicable for only standard English.A Warri woman English no get rules. She fit add ogogoro join inside her English. And the topic is too ambiguous for you to comprehend with instinct |
Re: Some Common Silly Mistakes/errors People Make In English Language. by geekybrain: 3:03pm On Aug 25, 2015 |
Hawlahscho:
THE COMMON SILLY MISTAKES/ERRORS PEOPLE MAKE IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE.
They say "nobody is above mistake", that's is nothing but the truth, one of my lecturers does say; "error is when u don't know d right thing before saying the wrong thing, while mistake is when u know d right thing but u said d wrong thing"
Everybody is liable to mistakes of course, either silly or not, but some people are not expected to make silly mistakes, else it'll be categorized as unprofessional.
There was a day, I went to file a fresh case @d magistrate court Isabo Abeokuta, normally, any for me, any time I find myself in an/a official/formal organization like that, I express myself in English language because that's d official language, so after greetings, I explained to a woman what I came to do; I: Ma, I came to file a new case, this is my first time of doing that, please how do I go about it? The Woman: "E ko iranu siwaju joo, won a ma so Oyinbo bi eni pe won o gbo Yoruba, Oloyinbo o ki ku sile, America ni won n ku si." (Get out with rubbish, they'll be speaking English as if they don't understand Yoruba, English men don't die @home, they die in America). I was so embarrassed as the people there bursted into laughter, I just smiled it off as if it was nothing, I later replied, "E joo ma, bawo ni mo se ma se e?" (Please ma, how do I do it?) She directed me to one young man in d same office, I turned to his table, he looked @me and began to laugh again, "that's how they form as if they can even speak d correct English" he said. I was so annoyed but I didn't show it facially because what I went there to do was very important, he was still attending to me when a man of about 80years old that looks like a professor came in with his son, he followed d grown up son for age declaration or affidavit, the man requested for a teller so that his son could go and pay d necessary fees first; The old man: Please, where can I get teller so that my son will go and pay d necessary fees? The young man: Am sorry, there is no teller @d moment, I've WENT to REQUESTED for it more than 5times today. The old man: You have what!!!? The young man: I said I have WENT to REQUESTED for d teller several times today. The old man: Oh my God! People like you still make such mistake? This is not professional @all, young man, it is not "I have WENT", it'll "I have GONE", and why should u say "to REQUESTED" when the correct thing is "to REQUEST". Please son, watch d way you speak English, it'll not our language though but your post here demands something fluent. The people on the queue were already laughing their lungs lungs out while d young man was just numb, I didn't know when I bursted into laughter too, I looked @his face again it was like "shit wey rain beat " , I cautioned my laughter until I left d office, I laugh each time I remember how d old man reacted to d "gunshot" that day. That triggered me to list out some common silly mistakes people make knowingly / unknowingly:
1: Auxiliary verbs mis-usage From the young man's error above, he used the auxiliary verb "have" which d followed verb must be in part participle. "I have gone"
2: "To" and verb When "to" is used, the followed verb must be in present tense; "I have come to tell you"
3: "Did" and verb The same rule with "to", when u use "did", then ur next verb has to be present tense. That reminds me of what happened to me some years back, I accompanied my friend to choir rehearsal, a guy asked me if I came for rehearsal too, "No, I did not came for the rehearsal", I said, the guy was like "pardon?" I realized that I've "shot", I responded immediately "I said no, I just accompanied him to rehearsal"
4: Rules of Concord This is well known to people, I still wonder why they misuse it pretty well. i: When the noun or pronoun is singular, the verb too should be singular, e.g "Lalasticla uses 23 hours online out of his 24 hours in a day" ii: When the noun or pronoun is plural, d verb should be plural. E.g "I wonder if Nairaland moderators work somewhere else"
5: Mis-usage of singular verb "does" Especially in negative sentences, after using "does", the next verb, d next verb should not be in singular again: "He does not know" He does not knows
6: You can correct my mistakes/errors and add yours
Hawlahscho
[/color] You said you BURSTED into laughter! There's nothing like BURSTED as the past tense and past participle of BURST is still BURST! |
Re: Some Common Silly Mistakes/errors People Make In English Language. by Rapture4real(m): 3:04pm On Aug 25, 2015 |
Exactly what I lectured my student pastors yesterday.If you want to be a thorough bred in English Grammar, Semantics, syntax, rules of concord, get Dele Ashade's A1 in English. |
Re: Some Common Silly Mistakes/errors People Make In English Language. by Nobody: 3:09pm On Aug 25, 2015 |
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Re: Some Common Silly Mistakes/errors People Make In English Language. by Hawlahscho(m): 3:12pm On Aug 25, 2015 |
EggovinMma:
Now we are talking about instinct! ! Let's just keep it this way, Language use and it's assimilation is totally based on mutual intelligibility. I understand perfectly well you were only trying to educate, no worries, I was just educating us as well.I read, understood and got your message quite alright!
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Re: Some Common Silly Mistakes/errors People Make In English Language. by llaykorn: 3:15pm On Aug 25, 2015 |
Unsad: What Nigerians online will never learn is the difference between To & Too, & Am & I'm. Nigerians? Well, the average American kid mixes up 'your' and 'you're'? Sounds cooler? |
Re: Some Common Silly Mistakes/errors People Make In English Language. by VickyRotex(f): 3:19pm On Aug 25, 2015 |
IYANGBALI: i doesn't know why people finds it difficult to spoke or wrote correct English grammar,most especially here on Nairaland,every times i comes here and sees people spoke or wrote bad grammar i always feel demoralisation. People like Vick.yrotex,el.eko1,rokia.tu,barcan.ista,muk.ina2,lalasti.cl are the most guiltest of them all,their English grammar is annoyance and it destroy a nation. There is need for murderators to do something about them before they collapse Nairaland. People like me that readed English in school should be consulted to brush them up for them to improve their English grammar. Lmaooooo **Faints** 2 Likes |
Re: Some Common Silly Mistakes/errors People Make In English Language. by babyfaceafrica: 3:19pm On Aug 25, 2015 |
aoshi:
Exactly too. I ain't good with English myself but i think the word "burst" is "burst" be it past participle, present or future tense. So "everybody bursted out laughing" should be "everybody burst out laughing" Cheers. yes bro 1 Like |
Re: Some Common Silly Mistakes/errors People Make In English Language. by Nobody: 3:20pm On Aug 25, 2015 |
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Re: Some Common Silly Mistakes/errors People Make In English Language. by musiliudee(m): 3:30pm On Aug 25, 2015 |
Oga ade abegi...truly it's our official lang bt shot or no shot in English speakn lang shud be ignored cos u already understood what he/she ws tryn passin across to u.av made mistakes n wl stl continue makn some little little mistakes.shey I be wole soyinka ni,the shot I cud remember ws instead of chose I used choosed on fb Infact after some hrs I realised dt yeepa moku mogbe mo daran ibon reeeeeeeee.fellow stupid pple lk me also hit like.anyway u fit point out bullet fr ds one also na u sabi. 1 Like |
Re: Some Common Silly Mistakes/errors People Make In English Language. by Hawlahscho(m): 3:37pm On Aug 25, 2015 |
musiliudee: Oga ade abegi...truly it's our official lang bt shot or no shot in English speakn lang shud be ignored cos u already understood what he/she ws tryn passin across to u.av made mistakes n wl stl continue makn some little little mistakes.shey I be wole soyinka ni,the shot I cud remember ws instead of chose I used choosed on fb Infact after some hrs I realised dt yeepa moku mogbe mo daran ibon reeeeeeeee.fellow stupid pple lk me also hit like.anyway u fit point out bullet fr ds one also na u sabi. |
Re: Some Common Silly Mistakes/errors People Make In English Language. by PAINGAIN: 3:45pm On Aug 25, 2015 |
littlelion: Pls i want to know, Which is correct and which is not: :I did went........ I did go...... Thanks "I did go" is correct. |
Re: Some Common Silly Mistakes/errors People Make In English Language. by Johncuppa(m): 3:51pm On Aug 25, 2015 |
Hawlahscho:
THE COMMON SILLY MISTAKES/ERRORS PEOPLE MAKE IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE.
They say "nobody is above mistake", that's is nothing but the truth, one of my lecturers does say; "error is when u don't know d right thing before saying the wrong thing, while mistake is when u know d right thing but u said d wrong thing"
Everybody is liable to mistakes of course, either silly or not, but some people are not expected to make silly mistakes, else it'll be categorized as unprofessional.
There was a day, I went to file a fresh case @d magistrate court Isabo Abeokuta, normally, any for me, any time I find myself in an/a official/formal organization like that, I express myself in English language because that's d official language, so after greetings, I explained to a woman what I came to do; I: Ma, I came to file a new case, this is my first time of doing that, please how do I go about it? The Woman: "E ko iranu siwaju joo, won a ma so Oyinbo bi eni pe won o gbo Yoruba, Oloyinbo o ki ku sile, America ni won n ku si." (Get out with rubbish, they'll be speaking English as if they don't understand Yoruba, English men don't die @home, they die in America). I was so embarrassed as the people there bursted into laughter, I just smiled it off as if it was nothing, I later replied, "E joo ma, bawo ni mo se ma se e?" (Please ma, how do I do it?) She directed me to one young man in d same office, I turned to his table, he looked @me and began to laugh again, "that's how they form as if they can even speak d correct English" he said. I was so annoyed but I didn't show it facially because what I went there to do was very important, he was still attending to me when a man of about 80years old that looks like a professor came in with his son, he followed d grown up son for age declaration or affidavit, the man requested for a teller so that his son could go and pay d necessary fees first; The old man: Please, where can I get teller so that my son will go and pay d necessary fees? The young man: Am sorry, there is no teller @d moment, I've WENT to REQUESTED for it more than 5times today. The old man: You have what!!!? The young man: I said I have WENT to REQUESTED for d teller several times today. The old man: Oh my God! People like you still make such mistake? This is not professional @all, young man, it is not "I have WENT", it'll "I have GONE", and why should u say "to REQUESTED" when the correct thing is "to REQUEST". Please son, watch d way you speak English, it'll not our language though but your post here demands something fluent. The people on the queue were already laughing their lungs lungs out while d young man was just numb, I didn't know when I bursted into laughter too, I looked @his face again it was like "shit wey rain beat " , I cautioned my laughter until I left d office, I laugh each time I remember how d old man reacted to d "gunshot" that day. That triggered me to list out some common silly mistakes people make knowingly / unknowingly:
1: Auxiliary verbs mis-usage From the young man's error above, he used the auxiliary verb "have" which d followed verb must be in part participle. "I have gone"
2: "To" and verb When "to" is used, the followed verb must be in present tense; "I have come to tell you"
3: "Did" and verb The same rule with "to", when u use "did", then ur next verb has to be present tense. That reminds me of what happened to me some years back, I accompanied my friend to choir rehearsal, a guy asked me if I came for rehearsal too, "No, I did not came for the rehearsal", I said, the guy was like "pardon?" I realized that I've "shot", I responded immediately "I said no, I just accompanied him to rehearsal"
4: Rules of Concord This is well known to people, I still wonder why they misuse it pretty well. i: When the noun or pronoun is singular, the verb too should be singular, e.g "Lalasticla uses 23 hours online out of his 24 hours in a day" ii: When the noun or pronoun is plural, d verb should be plural. E.g "I wonder if Nairaland moderators work somewhere else"
5: Mis-usage of singular verb "does" Especially in negative sentences, after using "does", the next verb, d next verb should not be in singular again: "He does not know" He does not knows
6: You can correct my mistakes/errors and add yours
[i]Hawlahscho[/i]man
[/color] Good job! Finish dat rule of Concord Wic verb (singular or plural ) should follow the ffgs Something, anything, most, many, Everything etc |
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