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!

LOL

MondeLuv:
LOL

Imagine!

Lol.. I take it you don't read much novels. Smarting is also a verb. It's a reaction of a person or the skin to a sharp pain like a whip.

Rapmoney:
Imagine!

"Come and be going"

DesChyko:
Lol.. I take it you don't read much novels. Smarting is also a verb. It's a reaction of a person or the skin to a sharp pain like a whip.

When people say someone is 'smarting', does it mean they are talking about the skin? You need to be serious.

We are looking at the context in which the word is being used.

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

Rapmoney:
When people say someone is 'smarting', does it mean they are talking about the skin? You need to be serious.

You said there's no such verb as smart.

DesChyko:


You said there's no such verb as smart.

Read the first post where I quoted you

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

Sometimes, it is so irritating. Speaking pidgin English or vernacular would be better

That's by the way. One problem with No. 6 is that the use of 'Did' as in a question. Since one isn't sure of the answer, expressing the main verb as 'past tense' doesn't make sense since it appears as if one already has knowledge of what he is asking after. In this case, it becomes a redundant question.

DesChyko:
That's by the way. One problem with No. 6 is that the use of 'Did' as in questioning. Since one isn't sure of the answer, expressing the main verb as 'past tense' doesn't make sense since it appears as if one already has knowledge of what he is asking after. In this case, it becomes a redundant question.

...yet, it is still a common blunder.

Lalasticlala, olawalebabs, Richiez, Fynestboi

@ rapmoney some of dem r correct but nt in normal-general english. if u r a student of literature u'll get me better

seanwilliam:
@ rapmoney some of dem r correct but nt in normal-general english. if u r a student of literature u'll get me better

I don't believe that Point them out!

Rapmoney:
I don't believe that Point them out!

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

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

Haba! That's generally known! I thought you wanted to point to something I didn't know.

Rapmoney:
Haba! That's generally known! I thought you wanted to point to something I didn't know.

but in general english it is nt correct o

RAPMONEY, Oil dey your head. Your post dey always make brain.

One Orijin for you Sir.

ichommy:
RAPMONEY, Oil dey your head. Your post dey always make brain.


One Orijin for you Sir.

Thanks bro!

seanwilliam:
but in general english it is nt correct o

Now, consider the ones I listed. They are so outrageous! We still have many sentences like that, used by graduates

Rapmoney:
Now, consider the ones I listed. They are so outrageous! We still have many sentences like that, used by graduates

we r drivin' at d same direction....some sentences r actually correct if it's viewed in literary perspective. so they shud b exclusively utilized where they'r suitable. although english s nt our language but some positions-graduates etc- demand fluency

All languages have spoken and written versions. You can say some things in English and be forgiven but it's not the case when you put it to writing.

seanwilliam:
we r drivin' at d same direction....some sentences r actually correct if it's viewed in literary perspective. so they shud b exclusively utilized where they'r suitable. although english s nt our language but some positions-graduates etc- demand fluency

Ok. Bro, take a closer look at the few ones I mentioned and see if they are not out of place. Though, they are hilarious to an extent

Tell that to the boovs, officer Kyle and oh!

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Rapmoney:
Ok. Bro, take a closer look at the few ones I mentioned and see if they are not out of place. Though, they are hilarious to an extent

you posted the PROBLEM you didn't post the SOLUTION
please make amendment by giving example of the correct sentence of each wrong statement

NOTE that i am not guilty of any of this

thanks

English hard o... But, it's not by force to speak English. If e too hard you speak pidgin.

Graduates don't go to university or polytechnic to learn how to speak good english. This is pure african mentality, many indians guru out there went to the best Universities and can't even speak good English but they work in reputable organizations all over the world. You want to know why? It's because spoken language doesn't matter but how well you can contribute to an organization or the world at large.

Op. What is the problem with 7 *something is smelling*?

Rapmoney:
Ok. Bro, take a closer look at the few ones I mentioned and see if they are not out of place. Though, they are hilarious to an extent

1,2,4,7 and 10 r correct but NOT in general english. btw it's laughable wen graduates can't express themselve englishically(lols). wat cause dis r some parried factors-family background, environment, peer group- whch later bounce back on the their spoken english

seanwilliam:
1,2,4,7 and 10 r correct but NOT in general english. btw it's laughable wen graduates can't express themselve englishically(lols). wat cause dis r some parried factors-family background, environment, peer group- whch later bounce back on the their spoken english

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