EggovinMma:
please are you talking about the Standard British English as against all Englishes? ?
Young man, English is subject to context of situation. You speak only for mutual intelligibility and not to Impress.

Indians, a country with very large self esteem! Bleep the British!

He was talking abt grammatical rules ok, Miss grammarian

Muaadh:
It is " I will try my best possible “contrary to the popular saying" I will try my possible best"

Plural of Staff is Staff not staffs
Perchance you might also use Staffers✔

Actually, the word 'staff' has no singular form. You cannot refer to an individual as 'staff'. You should rather say 'member of staff'

Also, Its simply 'I will try my best'. The word 'possible' should not be placed side by side with best, regardless of whether it is before of after.

dake40:
Nigeria still under slavery

1,They believe Only the brilliant individuals speak good english

2, If you can't express yourself in english, then your are out of the way

3
Only those who speak good english are seen as the elite


Only God know what will happen to our culture in the next century.....


Our culture is begging for resurrection from the Grave!....

culture is very different my brother,


I understand your condition though


That moment when you are trying to be different by mixing 'the two' together ignorantly

Past tense of burst is burst not bursted.. Bursted is more of American colloquial in informal conversations.

"The verb burst is usually uninflected in the past tense and as a past participle Bursted is an old form that still appears colloquially, but it is widely considered incorrect and is best avoided in formal writing"

kokomilala:
Nice! But, there's a part of Concord that you didn't talk about-Notional Concord.In notional concord, which is very predominantly used in British English, the idea of plurality is embedded in a word, even if the word appears singular.For instance, government, team etc.If you notice, during English Premiership matches, you hear commentators say things like:'Arsenal are a delight to watch...Or, 'Chelsea are desperately defending...' The idea of plurality is hidden in words like Arsenal and Chelsea.These commentators, it has to be stated, are professional speakers.

Wrong! Notional concord is not restricted to Britain or any other English speaking country.

Notional concord is flexible to be termed singular/plural pending on which ever suits you. While this is very much debatable, the concept of notional concord, same as other types of concord, has its exceptions.

There are over twelve types of concord in advanced grammar.

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 Vickyrotex,eleko1,rokiatu,barcanista,mukina2,lalasticlala,lady f and even seun 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.

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, THIS COMMA DOES NOT BELONG HERE I went to file a fresh case @d magistrate court Isabo Abeokuta ,THAT SHOULD BE A FULL STOP[/font] normally, any for me, any time I find myself WHAT IS THE MEANING OF THIS? in an/a official/formal organization like that, I express myself in English language because that's d official language[b],[/b] A FULL STOP BELONGS HERE so after greetings, I explained to a woman what I came to do;
I: Ma,I came to file a new case[/b]PRESENT CONTINUOUS IS THE APPROPRIATE TENSE. I.E I HAVE COME OR I AM HERE[/font], this is my first time of doing [b]that SO, 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 BURST into laughter, I just smiled it off as if it was nothing[b],[/b] FULL STOP!! I later replied, "E joo ma, bawo ni mo se ma se e?" (Please ma, how do I do it?) AND[/b] (WOULD HAVE FIT IN NICELY HERE) She directed me to one young man in d same office[b], FULL STOP 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[b],[/b] FULL STOP he was still attending to me when a man of about 80years old that looks (WHO LOOKED) like a professor came in with his son, he followed d grown up son for age declaration or affidavit, THIS SHOULD BE IN BRACKET 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 (CAN/MAY) 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"BEEN 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 BURST into laughter too[b],[/b] FULL STOP I looked @his face again it was like "shit wey rain beat " , I cautioned my laughter until I left d office[b],[/b] FULL STOP!! I laugh each time I remember how d old man reacted to d "gunshot" that day. That (“THIS HAS” IS MORE APPROPRIATE) triggered me to list out some common silly mistakes people make knowingly / unknowingly:

Hawlahscho

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I am having trouble with my formatting but OP take note that there are piles of terrible errors in your writing, particularly the abuse and misuse of comma's. You certainly ought to know better.

babyfaceafrica:
Nice one..I noticed certain grammatical blundes in this piece,please do proof read nd modify..stay blessed

What if I really don't know that they are blunders

I'll appreciate if u can point them out.
THERE ARE TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS THERE THOUGH, I JUST IGNORED THEM FOR SOME REASONS.

Muaadh:
It is " I will try my best possible “contrary to the popular saying" I will try my possible best"

Plural of Staff is Staff not staffs
Perchance you might also use Staffers✔

Here's another English error almost everyone think is correct:
You've made mention of the fact that...

Instead of:
You've mentioned the fact that...

Jglad:
I am hearing u pls continue ur speak... I speak better English pass U...

Who con dey follow u argue now

So common among d yolobaz..........I remember dey usually conducted official meeting in d department in d local govt I served doz days using dia dialect....a reason I forced maself 2 learn d language 4 wt d language u automatically becomes no more a stranger

mayorjosh:
D story tho


#adohnbilivit

It's normal.
Professor Kant said "doubt even the truth"



#LifeGoesOn

Muaadh:
It is " I will try my best possible “contrary to the popular saying" I will try my possible best"

My lecturer said the correct one is "I'll try my best possible" but I simply use "I'll try my best"

I am always embarrassed when people confuse these words ;

Guardiance and Guidance . They even form a non existent word - " guidiance" and use it as one of the two words.
It is the same group of people who say " diagonize " in place of "diagnose " unfortunately even some healthcare workers including Doctors make that blunder. It's the same people who pronounce "ask" as "ax" , "task" as "tax" "mask" as "max". It's most annoying to hear the official announcer in a flight telling you - " in the event of low cabin pressure a "max" will drop from above your head.... Draw the "max" and ...bla bla breath normally ...

rotexteymie:
Concord shaaaa

You mean the cigarette?

Sanchez01:

Wrong! Notional concord is not restricted to Britain or any other English speaking country.

Notional concord is flexible to be termed singular/plural pending on which ever suits you. While this is very much debatable, the concept of notional concord, same as other types of concord, has its exceptions.

There are over twelve types of concord in advanced grammar.

Which one is advanced grammar again.

Ordinary grammar is difficult enough for most people, still you are mentioning advanced grammar.

Welrez:
These are common errors that only the lazy make. There is more to grammar than what is in this post.

Seconded

Unsad:
What Nigerians online will never learn is the difference between To & Too, & Am & I'm.

The 'Am and I'm' though. I hate seeing that poo whenever I'm chatting. It's a big turnoff.

Bollinger:


Speaking of errors, can you'all spot the error above? "hint"

I didn't mention Spanish or Ethiopia, did I?

If you no understand, go knack ya head for cement.

haywhy80:


You made grave mistakes in your post/comment. Please, cultivate the habit of proof reading your comment before you post it. Contact if you need further assistance.

Bwabwabwabwabwa


Hilarious Brutality

Olufemiolaolu:
He was talking abt grammatical rules ok, Miss grammarian

Yea I know. Grammatical rules in respect to Standard British English isn't it?
In other Englishes there are no such rules .You can't be a better speaker than the British.

Hawlahscho:


Have u read d post @all if no, go and do. If yes, I wonder what u read before u dropped this comment.

I read it well.Go feed your family with British accent! :

Hawlahscho:


You mean the cigarette?

Cigarette ke

Concord in english

Bollinger:

Speaking of errors, can you'all spot the error above? "hint"

I dodged d bullet though

Aminat508:
funny

yeyenatu tank u. . . .I no knw say u get body like dis ooo.

#YOLO

harristo:


Which one is advanced grammar again.

Ordinary grammar is difficult enough for most people, still you are mentioning advanced grammar.

There are just two types; basic and advanced.

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.

Hawlahscho:


Lwkmd

Bro, check d topic again

Some Common Silly Mistakes/errors
People Make In Nigeria Pidgin English language.

Well change your topic then to STANDARD BRITISH ENGLISH!

I hail u! But d words; has,have,had are called anomalous verbs not auxiliary verbs. Take note