Here is one of them and it is very common:

It is blatantly erroneous to hear;
“This is the worstest situation I have ever seen”.

#1: There is nothing as ‘worstest’.
The absolute or positive word is ‘bad’, just as we have ‘good’.

It follows that we have ‘worse’ in the comparative just as we have ‘better’. And then, ‘worst’ in the superlative, just as we have ‘best’. So, when you have to compare in positive term, you say;

“This is better than that”. On the other flip, you say;

“This is worse than that”. In the superlative, you either say;

“This is the best” or, on the negative, “This is the worst”.
So, where does the ‘worstest’ you use in your expressions come from -from the moon?


#2: Two comparative words must not be joined together.
You either have 'more' or 'better'.
E.g., "This is more than that"
Or, "This is better than that"
Learn this on the Positive, Comparative and Superlative table:

POSTITIVE COMPARATIVE SUPERLATIVE

Much Much Much

Many More Most

Good Better Best

You use the positive word in normal situation.

You use the Comparative when you compare two things. E.g., "This is MORE than that"
Use the Superlative when the object is the highest in rating. E.g., "Joe's bicycle is THE BEST".

NOTE: 'than' is used after a comparative only, like 'better' or 'more'. 'Than is NOT applicable after a positive or superlative.

Now for the #2, whenever you must rate something than 'better' but do not want to say it is 'best', 'more better' is a WRONG way to say it.
Instead, 'MUCH' serves you for that purpose.

So, say; "You sound MUCH better with your assent"

Also, you can say; "You look MUCH younger in your new outfit"

BUT it is WRONG to combine two comparatives. E.g., it is wrong to say;
"More better", "more younger", etc.

Thanks for learning now, that it is wrong to say;

‘The worstest of all…”
and
'more better'.

Correct others on this.

Thanks and let us take effective communication to a peak.

Thanks bro .

gr8 job

you observed and corrected well.more grease to your power

Thanks. But not 'more grease to your power' and  not 'more grease to your elbow', but 'more power to your elbow'.

Kindly take note

lol !, :Pthought it was changed to "more grease to your power" instead of elbow.thank you for the correction, but wait o, did you happen to grow up in an English country? or you did linguistics?

No, but I major in effective communication. I love having communication in its best spirit. Whether I am to speak Yoruba, my mother's tongue, or any other language.
To me, communication has no essence if it is not well composed.

Here, I also have some words that I observe are not well pronounced, and their pronunciations, so that we can begin to give a good touch to our voices.

Please note, that I am not a killer of culture. I cherish our local belongings. All I am after is 'effective, articulate discharge of words'.

Therefore, I advocate, that anyone that is good at Yoruba, Igbo or Hausa languages should launch the campaign for effective communication through the vehicle of our local dialects.

One or more persons may stand to represent Yoruba language and give us proper ways to pronounce words we have often mispronounced, remind us of words we have often forgotten, and/or bring to our screen, words that we do not know exist. The same for other local languages and together, we shall take communication to its effective position in Nigeria, educating everyone, beginning from here!

So today, the 30 words I observe we often mispronounce and their proper pronunciations:


Charlatan / SH – arlatan/ - pronounced as / SH / NOT /CH –arlatan /

Castle / ca - SUL/ - NOT / STUL/ - 'T' is silent

Thames / T – eims / - also a name, as THOMAS, but NOT pronounced ‘TH’; Only ‘T’

Chauffeur / SH – auffeur / - NOT / CH / but / SH /

Champagne / SH – am – peh – in / - / SH / NOT / CH /

Colonel / Ko – nel / - do not pronounce 'LO'

Lieutenant / LEF – te – nant / - pronounce it as / LEF / and NOT / LI – U /

Comb / K – OM / - leave 'b' unpronounced

Bomb /b – OM / - same case as 'comb'

Psalm / S – alm / - 'p' is silent

Twilight / TWAI – lait / - NOT / T - WI - /

Often / OF – n / - keep 't' silent

Gear / G – I - e / - NOT / J /

Ritual / ri – CH – ual / - NOT / TCH /

Wednesday /we-NS-dei/ NOT /NES/

Apostle / a – pos – SUL / - NOT / STUL /

Column / k – o – lu – M / - leave 'n' unpronounced

Psychology / S – ai – K – o – lo – ji / - just like in: / Psalm /, 'p' isn’t pronounced

Sign / s – AI – n / - NO 'g' in the pronunciation

Yolk / y – OK / - leave 'l' unpronounced

Phlegm / f – LEM / - NO 'g' in the pronunciation, except in ‘phlegmatic’

Stipend / STAI – pend / - NOT / STI / -

Horizon / ho – RAI – zin / - notice the / RAI /; NOT / RI /

Statutes /sta – SHUU – ts / - (of law) notice / SHUU / as against / TIU / or / TU /

Hour / - OUR / - 'h' not pronounced. That why it is preceded by 'an'.
ALSO: (honest, honor, honorable, heir) no ‘h’ sound.

Archbishop / ar – TSH – bi – shop / notice / TSH / and NOT / K /

Coup / k – UU / - another example in the concept of silent letters: 'p' is silent here

Senate / S – E – NIT / - NOT / SI / in first syllable; and NOT / NEIT / in the second syllable

Surety / sh – ORI – ti / - NOT / shu – OR – ti /; the ‘RE’ is sounded out

Lettuce / le – TIS / - it sounds as / LE – TIS /, avoid pronouncing / TUS / or /TIUS/



N.B: The transcriptions supplied here are not the standard dictionary characters. They are only used to explain for clarity of pronunciations.

Practice the words repeatedly until you have mastered them, and then influence others you commune with.
Gradually, we shall touch all voices with effective pronunciations and ‘spirit’ better communication.

Thanks mehn, these are [i]my [/i]common mistakes. Imagine me trying to say caSTUL and my CH omg!

It's true. We make such mistakes in language. However, I suggest that somebody take it up on Yoruba, another on Igbo, Hausa, etc.

We should begin to make communications effective.

Please, let us start with our children. This is how we can start making them great and responsible.

Thanks and expecting your comments

'Segun O' Law (Olawoye)

Here are also some common errors:

I have some informations for you (wrong)
I have some information for you (correct)

I have an advice for you (wrong)
Give two breads (wrong)

Information is a plural noun and cannot agree with 'an' or 'a'.

Likewise, it cannot agree with 's' for plural form.

Similarly, ADVICE is plural. It cannot be agree with 'an'.

So, you could have A PIECE OF INFORMATION and A PIECE OF ADVICE

As for BREAD, it takes no 's' for plural. BREAD remains like that.

So, you could have A LOAF of Bread.

Avoid adding 's' to Bread. It is absolutely wrong

@Olawoye
You are a hero!
The write-up on Correct Pronunciation- good job.

@Olawoye
You are a hero!
The write-up on Correct Pronunciation- good job.

Thanks.

Here is another one I observe is common.

Let us round up quickly (wrong)

Let us ROUND OFF quickly (correct)

The capital case in the correct sentence is done for emphasis.

Help spread this, beginning from your immediate environment.

I'm here for you replies.

Olawoye 'Segun (FaceBk ID)

Dear Olawoye,
It's nice that to see another person that believes that whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing well.
I went through your word list eagerly as I am constantly looking to see how I can improve my diction.
I do know how difficult it is to unlearn something once it has been learnt.
I did notice somethings on your list that I would like to collect though:

Lieutenant / LEF – te – nant / - pronounce it as / LEF / and NOT / LI – U /
That word is pronouced with /loo/ or /liu/ in American English. Even the British use /loo/ when referring to their Royal Navy


Often / OF – n / - keep 't' silent
Often can be pronounced with a 't' or without a 't' both pronunciations are used in America, Britain and Zealand all of which are native speakers of the English language

Statutes /sta – SHUU – ts / - (of law) notice / SHUU / as against / TIU / or / TU / should be pronounced /stachoot/ as opposed to /stashuut/

Archbishop / ar – TSH – bi – shop / notice / TSH / and NOT / K / should be pronounced /ar-ch/ not /ar - tsh/ or /ark/

Colonel / Ko – nel / - do not pronounce 'LO' will be pronounce /kur nel/

I have learn a lot all the the same thanks

Sorry, I meant to say I learnt a lot

Thanks for your observations. We sometimes run into different views, particularly when we consult materials with certain disparities.

Sometimes some of these errors come up in examinations. This thread may be useful for examination candidates. Let's make it active, at least for that cause.

I also noticed an error put below:

I congratulate you FOR your success (wrong)
I congratulate you ON your success (correct)

Speaking with someone this morning, I heard him say "Should incase you see him, "

'should' and 'incase' share the same function in the sentence.

It is safe to say; "Incase you see him, ". It equally goes fine if you say "Should you see him, "
Putting 'should incase' together is an unnecessary union.

This reminds me also of the "incase of incasity"

No dictionary has ever recognized the word 'incasity'.

Safe to say therefore; :In case of necessity"

Mr. Olawoye, thanks for your efforts toward making sure we all learn and speak good english.

Can you please send me some soft copies of textbooks on English language for self practice?

E-mail: if_shittle_then@yahoo.com (underscore)

I look foward to hearing from you.

Once more, thank you.

Okay, I just sent you an e-mail, suggesting what you could do to improve your English language expression.

Is anyone else interested?

It costs you nothing!

Simply leave your e-mail in this thread or write me here: proudlyvisionite@yahoo.com with the content; ENGLISH LANGUAGE

I'll only reply your mail with what you should do without giving you any bank detail to pay for it.

This thread will continue regardless. Correction of errors in expression is what I have created this thread on Nairaland for.

Thanks all.

I am interested. ayokemi2003@yahoo.com is my e-mail address. Thank you.

@FunmyKemmy, I just sent you an e-mail.

I am willing to give this simple English Language improvement tip to as many that request it.

The address to ask it again is; proudlyvisionite@yahoo.com

Who else wants?

Watch out for another common error in English Language.

'Segun O' Law (Olawoye)

oje.dammie@yahoo.com Sir

@newest, you may check your mail now.

oliboy2003@yahoo.com

thanks

@olibyno, you may check your mail now.

At midnight, an old time friend called my mtn number. He was fortunate for the mtn extracool program and tapped into it to reconnect our long disconnect.

At a height in our discussion, I tasked him for an assistance at getting something done in a place close to his new residence and as he replied, he declared his willingness as;

"I'll try my possible best". I didn't even give my mind to that at first, but my attention was driven when cut-in to attempt a correction of the last statement;

", sorry, I'll try my best possible, rather"

I quickly looked my mind away from the conversation and tried to fetch for which one is correct.

The two views of 'possible best' and 'best possible' have continued their loggerheads, leaving us, the users, in a city of confusion.

My resolve however, is that to be safe, avoid the two; possible best and best possible.

I think it is safer to use 'best' only.

So, I suggest that the next time the temptation arises, say;

"I'll try my best".

Olawale has done a good job, some of us might not have fallen into the category he mentioned but definitely we could know somebody in the catgory.i plead that olawale spear us the pronunciation issue because if you live in abroad you will find out whether you are Yoruba,igbo or Hausa , you got ascent;is what they tell us.so don't go to that side.i am igbo grew up in yoruba land,no mater how i twist it, you got ascent.

Loads of people type  "definately" instead of "definitely".
Also comparing adjectives between 2 people, some people for example  tend to write:
Among these two, who is most beautiful?
instead of:
Between these two, who is more beautiful.

Also things like : Many people goes to the beach (instead of go)

The appalling aspect of all these is that the mistakes are made by grownups.
I think it boils down to the standard of education in Nigeria.


P.S. cheers olawaye.
You have a good understanding of the language.
My guess is that you did not attend one of these run-of-the-mill schools around.

Good job man.

Thanks

just2crystal@yahoo.ca

Interested too,tunde300us@gmail.com. Thanks