NaMe4:


You are correct with the example you gave. Still, ME and I are not interchangeable in any given sentence.

I is used as a subject before a verb/action.

Me follows a proposition.

Eg

I bring papers here everyday Cannot be interchanged with 'Me bring paper here everyday.

This was done by Me' Cannot be interchanged using 'this was done by I'

As you rightly said, when making certain sentences involving the 2nd and 1st persons, One of the persons should be removed to ascertain if the sentence sounds correct.

DeeTus:
First of all, speaking good English is absolutely necessary. People will tend to respect you and you could get a good job. Moreso, when you need a cool chick, once you speak a lovely English, she's all yours.

yaki84:



shebi na english do buhari marry aisha?

na english make am president?

na english mek yaradua president abi?
who english epp?

Rapmoney:
I know even educated people commit grammatical blunders sometimes but there are grammatical blunders that are just so outrageous and shameful at the same time, when they come right out of the mouths of supposed 'graduates' from tertiary institutions!

If you have been guilty of the following as regard spoken English, then you have clearly moved from being a 'Half-baked' graduate to a 'Quarter-baked' graduate!!!

1) 'You are smarting'...I heard a guy at a plaza who claimed to be a graduate saying this! Gush! Being smart is very different from being fast or slick. By the way, there's no verb such as 'smarting' in English language which means the same thing as what this young man was trying to say!

2) 'You are showing yourself'...just like the one above, how can someone be 'showing' himself/herself? So human being don turn movie? Na wa o!

3) 'Oya, come and go'...two opposite verbs. You are telling the person to come and at the same time, to go! Again, what's the meaning of 'Oya'?

4) 'My body is scratching me'...your body can only itch you and not scratch. You scratch when you use your fingers to stroke a surface roughly! Lol!

5) 'My phone is 'more' better than yours...this sentence can surely make you appear a 'quarter-bakie' You can't use two comparative adjectives in a sentence! We have good, better, best. When you compare two things, the middle one which is 'better' should be used so there's no need for 'more' which is also a comparative adjective but goes with 'than'. As in 'more than'

6) 'Did she went to the market'?...as absurd as this sentence is, I have seen many 'graduates' saying it! Two verbs with past tense form in the same sentence?

7) 'Ola, something is smelling. Can you hear it...ehen!!! 'HEAR'? English!!!

8. 'People has' or 'she have'...'has' is a singular auxiliary verb that goes with a singular subject while 'have' is a plural auxiliary verb that goes with a plural subject.

9) 'They takes people for granted'...this one is common on NL. A plural subject does not go with a singular verb and vice versa. 'Take' is plural and 'takes' is singular which goes with a singular subject as well. Take note of 'They' being a plural subject.

10) 'I am looking for Funmilayo'...you can't be looking for someone. Instead, say 'I am asking of Funmilayo'. You can only look for what is lost! It happens regularly when people go to check on others. We can only start looking for Funmilayo if she is declared missing! tnk u op, expecially dis no 10,NOTED!

I hope these help! We are all learning. It is only a foolish man that takes offence when he is corrected!

Good day!!!

You can add yours!

Peacetemi:
Anyone found guilty is definitely not a college graduate, he/she just broke out of college.

Look at you... Some graduates are guilty of it

xenten:


you goofed with your first point. learn from this link : http://www.dictionary.com/browse/smarting

seanwilliam:
example: what says the time- dis s actually correct, it's personification, so same goes wit every other

Logicbwoy:



"Showing yourself" too can be idiomatic to fit that situation. I say this for 2 reasons

1) "Showing yourself" logically can never be literal because you can't literally step outside yourself and present your body.

2) "Showing yourself" is actually the most concisem practical and appropriate way to say that someone is either revealing their true self or some hidden talent.

3) The op did not show any context for "showing yourself".....so how can you claim that I used it in the wrong context

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As for "looking for someone", you are talking a whole lot of nonsense.

When the police come to someone's door in American/British movies, what do they say?

"We are looking for MR Thief, do you know his whereabouts"

"We are asking for/asking about Mr Thief, do you know his whereabouts"

NaMe4:


You are correct with the example you gave. Still, ME and I are not interchangeable in any given sentence.

I is used as a subject before a verb/action.

Me follows a preposition.

Eg

I bring papers here everyday Cannot be interchanged with 'Me bring paper here everyday.

This was done by Me' Cannot be interchanged using 'this was done by I'

As you rightly said, when making certain sentences involving the 2nd and 1st persons, One of the persons should be removed to ascertain if the sentence sounds correct.

bbjummy:

And what could be wrong with that sentence please?

bbjummy:

And what could be wrong with that sentence please?

Peacetemi:
Anyone found guilty is definitely not a college graduate, he/she just broke out of college.

Peacetemi:
Anyone found guilty is definitely not a college graduate, he/she just broke out of college.

DeeTus:
First of all, speaking good English is absolutely necessary. People will tend to respect you and you could get a good job. Moreso, when you need a cool chick, once you speak a lovely English, she's all yours.

Rapmoney:
I know even educated people commit grammatical blunders sometimes but there are grammatical blunders that are just so outrageous and shameful at the same time, when they come right out of the mouths of supposed 'graduates' from tertiary institutions!

If you have been guilty of the following as regard spoken English, then you have clearly moved from being a 'Half-baked' graduate to a 'Quarter-baked' graduate!!!

1) 'You are smarting'...I heard a guy at a plaza who claimed to be a graduate saying this! Gush! Being smart is very different from being fast or slick. By the way, there's no verb such as 'smarting' in English language which means the same thing as what this young man was trying to say!

2) 'You are showing yourself'...just like the one above, how can someone be 'showing' himself/herself? So human being don turn movie? Na wa o!

3) 'Oya, come and go'...two opposite verbs. You are telling the person to come and at the same time, to go! Again, what's the meaning of 'Oya'?

4) 'My body is scratching me'...your body can only itch you and not scratch. You scratch when you use your fingers to stroke a surface roughly! Lol!

5) 'My phone is 'more' better than yours...this sentence can surely make you appear a 'quarter-bakie' You can't use two comparative adjectives in a sentence! We have good, better, best. When you compare two things, the middle one which is 'better' should be used so there's no need for 'more' which is also a comparative adjective but goes with 'than'. As in 'more than'

6) 'Did she went to the market'?...as absurd as this sentence is, I have seen many 'graduates' saying it! Two verbs with past tense form in the same sentence?

7) 'Ola, something is smelling. Can you hear it...ehen!!! 'HEAR'? English!!!

8. 'People has' or 'she have'...'has' is a singular auxiliary verb that goes with a singular subject while 'have' is a plural auxiliary verb that goes with a plural subject.

9) 'They takes people for granted'...this one is common on NL. A plural subject does not go with a singular verb and vice versa. 'Take' is plural and 'takes' is singular which goes with a singular subject as well. Take note of 'They' being a plural subject.

10) 'I am looking for Funmilayo'...you can't be looking for someone. Instead, say 'I am asking of Funmilayo'. You can only look for what is lost! It happens regularly when people go to check on others. We can only start looking for Funmilayo if she is declared missing!

I hope these help! We are all learning. It is only a foolish man that takes offence when he is corrected!

Good day!!!

You can add yours!

DeeTus:
"What says the time" is absolutely a blunder. And you really have to think twice before you write or speak!

Gaddafithe2nd:

You are right."I" is used for the subject while, "me" is is used as a subject

freecocoa:
@embokdened

Correct me if I'm wrong, you mean to say 'Object',right?

mikesammy:
ma frnd don't say that. no one is perfect and mind u, we all have our flaws u inclusive

Gaddafithe2nd:

I made mistake. It should be object. Thanks for the correction.

freecocoa:
Lol @ speaking a lovely English.

DeeTus:
Yea

Had so many gfs when I was in school but later got tired. you can't cheat nature.

freecocoa:
I can only imagine with you speaking a lovely English to them, musta been one hell of a journey.

Fadekebisola:

go and ask someone else who's better than you mister dullard ......am a graduate dude and i know what i have just corrected......your ignorance is irredeemable....just pretend you dont know it and make further research Mr dullard