FrLukas:
Can you tell us why night vigil is wrong? Are you saying there can't be morning or afternoon vigil?

Christmasdon:
That number 19 i doubt the authentication. how can one in his/her right senses leave her phone at home and coming to tell u . i left my phone at home. does it make any sense. i did rather use , i forgot my phone at home. simple. You reason nah m.

adamadwealthy:


You only assumed you understood my stance. May be re-read my comment and you will have a better grasp. I said what the writer called blunder is " deviation " as a result of the English language being a second language in our country. Go and learn from experts in the field of language and you will discover that no learner of a foreign language can use it perfectly like the native speakers. You're bragging about another man's language and have no plan to save your own indigenous language. I wonder why some Nigerians love to identity with everything foreign to the extent of labeling their fellow countrymen not smart for using the English language "incorrectly". There is nothing called substandard language anywhere. No matter the language, whether pidgin or creole, if the speaker and the audience can understand themselves, it's a complete language. Language primarily exists for communication. If it can perform that role, no issue whatsoever. I'm not insulting the intelligence of anyone, it's just that you're suffering from colonial mentality.

ITxBUSH:


I don't know but I prefer "You are taking it personal"

The Correct English sounds more like Psquare singing persinally, pessina, pessinally.
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BTW.
I buy homemade sxx clips.

Sunriserealtors:

My dear if you are not buying people are buying. It is a matter of tommorow we will know who will be a land lord and tenant paying exhorbitant rent in Ibeju-Lekki. Wisdom is when you see Opportunity and key into it before it is too Late

midnighter:


Oga, the fact that linguists have recognised that cultural and social factors can lead to deviant constructions does not preclude us recognising that said constructions are incorrect

"No learner of a foreign language can use it natively like native speakers"? And who told you we aren't native speakers? Who told you we are learners? As far as its our national language,we are native English speakers. We've been in contact with this language for at least 60 years, we use it to communicate and we have access to resources that teach it.

Germans and Spaniards are non-native speakers and learners, yet they start the language from secondary school and always make an effort to improve on it

Come on! We are intelligent enough to follow the rules of a language and apply them correctly, stop making feeble excuses

For your information, native, pidgin and Creole languages have rules and everybody follows them. That stuff in OP is not pidgin, it's wrong grammar

If OP made a post about pidgin blunders, would you be saying all this?

Is "I chop never" as correct as "I never chop"? Is that part of your so-called deviation?

You have a colonial mentality yourself but you don't even realise it. The colonialists and slave traders assumed that we were too stupid and lazy to learn how to do anything and you are thinking along the same lines

We don't need to wallow in ignorance, no knowledge is a waste

adamadwealthy:




A wise man once said, "you can't win an ignorant man in any argument" The above quote synopsized my encounter with you on this platform.

I gave up on you sir the moment you said we are native speakers of the English language. Imagine a person arguing blindly for what he does not even know. I also rested my case when you blatantly said English language is our national language in Nigeria! Please use you Google search engine to help you differentiate between national language and official language. Have a wonderful time out. Thanks.

Leo588:


This must be a graduate....if you see them you will know

Leo588:


This must be a graduate....if you see them you will know

Ferdinandu:
Americans have their English, British same thing, Canadians and Australians.
Most of those things you wrote there are our own Nigerian English. We speak it within ourselves and even to outsiders and they understand. Who told you that they are wrong. We are tired of somebody telling us that our English is wrong. We are not copying British again. We have Nigerianised our own English deal with that.

davodyguy:
Add to the post

People that use 'your' in a sentence instead of 'you're or You are

Some people would say

'Your the one' instead of 'You're the one' or 'You are the one'

Some will say: 'Am coming' (wrong)
I am coming or I'm coming (correct)

Some will say: 'Have called him' (wrong)
I have called him or I've called him (correct)

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ITxBUSH:


I don't know but I prefer "You are taking it personal"

The Correct English sounds more like Psquare singing persinally, pessina, pessinally.
.
BTW.
I buy homemade sxx clips.

Prophet777:
Only 16 points out of all what you tabled above can be provable or considered as blunders.

There is what we called Discourse Analysis and the Law of Mother's tongue in English. Any writing, response or conversations in line within these categories cannot be said to have falling shorts of the rules guiding the Use of English or termed as blunders...

dickofglory:
Some popular Grammatical Blunders. Every one has made at least two times

Not too late to learn

1. You're taking it personal (wrong)
You're taking it personally (correct)

2. He is matured (wrong)
He is mature (correct)
He has matured (correct)

3. The reason is because (wrong)
The reason is that (correct)

4. Night vigil (wrong)
Vigil (correct)

5. Traveling bag (wrong)
Travel Bag (correct)

6. As at when due (wrong)
As and when due (correct)

7. Be rest assured (wrong)
Rest assured (correct)

8. I'm hearing you (wrong)
I can hear you (correct)

9. My names are (wrong)
My name is (correct)

10. All manners of (wrong)
All manner of (correct)

11. She delivered a baby boy (wrong)
She was delivered of a baby boy (correct)

12. Lacking behind
Lagging behind (correct)

13. Crack your brain (wrong)
Rack your brain (correct)

14. Return it back (wrong)
Return it (correct)

15. Ghana comprises of 10 regions (wrong)
Ghana comprises 10 regions (correct)
Ghana is comprised of 10 regions (correct)

16. Wake keeping (wrong)
Wake keep (wrong)
Wake (correct)

17. Exercise patience (wrong)
Be patient (correct)

18. Barbing saloon (wrong)
Barber shop (correct)

19. I forgot my phone at home (wrong)
I left my phone at home (correct)

20. Borrow me your pen (wrong)
Lend me your pen (correct)
May I borrow your pen (correct)

21. More grease to your elbow (wrong)
More power to your elbow (correct)

22. Funny enough, I've never liked him (wrong)
Funnily enough, I've never liked him (correct)

23. My body is scratching me (wrong)
My body itches (correct)

24. Letterhead paper (wrong)
Letterhead (correct)

25. I'm not your mate (wrong)
We're not mates (correct)

26. You're mannerless (wrong)
You're ill-mannered (correct)

27. Horn at the car in front (wrong)
Honk at the car in front (correct)

28. Happy birthday in arrears (wrong)
Happy belated birthday (wrong)
Belated happy birthday (correct)

29. I will sleep at 10pm (wrong)
I will go to bed at 10pm (correct)

30. Just when I thought I have seen it all (wrong)
Just when I thought I had seen it all (correct)

31. First come, First serve (wrong)
First come, First served (correct)

32. I have a running nose (wrong)
I have a runny nose (correct)

33. Working Experience (wrong)
Work Experience (correct)






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fergie001:

I have, when translated but the way you put it sef

midnighter:


Lol hope you won't begin to say it after all the grammar wahala

fergie001:

Hahahahahahaha......if I have any slip and say it....I will take it personally

midnighter:




Its kind of true,

If you say "I forgot my homework at home", are you trying to say that you left it at home or that when you were at home, you couldnt remember it?

Beremx:
kindly go to RUTNEL school along Abaranje road. They are looking for ICT teacher

dayo2me:
how can I get to that place? Abaranje is located where please?

Beremx:
Abaranje is at Ikotun. From Ikotun just board a keke to Abaranje. Tell the keke man to stop you at Rutnel school. It's a Blue colour building

dayo2me:
thank you so much. I am going there already

prinxwizard:

I can deliberately leave my phone at home, yes but it doesn't mean I can't forget to take my phone with me. That 19 is a fat lie.

Beremx:
today is Saturday. You might want to go on Monday