ugochukwufrenzy:
who english epp?..people are complaining dat d normadic ugu at aso rock has turned nigeria to chad.nd u are talking english...op,sense fall on u,upon u nd below u

may you be wise

Ramanto:
So educative. Op, help me consider these two statements: "original copy submitted by I, John" and "original copy submitted by me, john" thanks

Original copy submitted by, John

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OROSUNBOLB:


You're truly correct. This saddens me anytime I see it.

Yeah.. I will like to... Hahahaha

A little more expatiation on the use of "who" and "whom" will be appreciated. Thanks.

A lot of Nigerians misuse these words simply because they don't know they are wrong usage. Some try to hide behind their ignorance by using textspeaks. Its very common here - Nairaland.

'Being' and 'been' are the most commonly misused words among Nigerians. Sad!

MrPresident1:
Am for I'm nko?

By far the most annoying.

DANDeGENERAL please write on "will" and "would" by quoting me, thanks!

The worst has to be using am in place of i'm.
Some even use i'm and still put I in front.

Of late, others have been using has and his in place of as and is.

op I have issues with WHERE AND WERE

A Lil bit of enlightenment on CONCORD please?.. .. Concord is really confusing.... Likes of 'would and will' 'can and could'and the likes please

Good,

freeDR:
A little more expatiation on the use of "who" and "whom" will be appreciated. Thanks.

To save me time, I culled this directly from a site.

'Who' is a subject pronoun like 'he', 'she' and 'they'. We use 'who' to ask which person did an action or which person is in a certain state.
Who wrote that letter?
Who is the manager?
Who is going to prepare dinner?

'Whom' is an object pronoun like 'him', 'her' and 'us'. We use ‘whom’ to ask which person received an action.
Whom are you going to ask to the party?
Whom did they choose as team captain?
Whom did they summon?

'Whose' is a possessive pronoun like 'his', and 'our'. We use 'whose' to find out which person something belongs to.
Whose phone is this?
Whose is this umbrella?
Whose car is blocking the drive?

https://www.ecenglish.com/learnenglish/lessons/who-whom-whose

You can do some exercises in the link also.

DanielsParker:


"I see him everyday". This is present continuous .

what if you usually see him everyday but not anymore?

can you express that in a past tense?

I saw him three weeks ago

danigbo:


I saw him three weeks ago

Wrong.

"I used to see him" is very correct. we shouldn't get ourselves confused over nothing.


"Used to" is a transitive verb in "I used to" ( I used to sing, I used to live in Mexico , etc.), where the infinitive becomes the direct object, and the construction means something habitual in the past that is no longer so in the present

"The blue book of grammar and punctuation" is a good book for English grammer. It is online you can download it.

Please include sell and sale..i cringe everytime i see that error.
Sell vs Sale
E.g
I want to sell a tecno spark not i want to sale a tecno spark.
However it would be correct to say i have a tecno spark for sale.
This for me is the worst!!

Empredboy:

Correct your English op
No3 , how can you say "and then" at the same time. It should be "then" leave "and" out if it.

Some of us only sabi : $£¥€ abi Na lie?

Johnbull my son go learn how to spell your name.. haha

one strong way to improve your vocabulary is to read more quality literature.

Ekealterego:

To save me time, I culled this directly from a site.

'Who' is a subject pronoun like 'he', 'she' and 'they'. We use 'who' to ask which person did an action or which person is in a certain state.
Who wrote that letter?
Who is the manager?
Who is going to prepare dinner?

'Whom' is an object pronoun like 'him', 'her' and 'us'. We use ‘whom’ to ask which person received an action.
Whom are you going to ask to the party?
Whom did they choose as team captain?
Whom did they summon?

'Whose' is a possessive pronoun like 'his', and 'our'. We use 'whose' to find out which person something belongs to.
Whose phone is this?
Whose is this umbrella?
Whose car is blocking the drive?

https://www.ecenglish.com/learnenglish/lessons/who-whom-whose

You can do some exercises in the link also.

Thanks.

English isn't my father's language.
Even bill gates cannot speak ours well

AfricaNigerian:
DANDeGENERAL please write on "will" and "would" by quoting me, thanks!

"would" is the past tense of "will" , usually used to show action in the past that used to happen repeatedly. e.g then after school, he would go every day to meet her.

it is some times used as a polite form of requesting for something e.g would you get your feet off the desk?

"will", on the other hand, is a future tense. eg I will be in London next week. I will meet you tomorrow

Ogbeni,na money boys dey hustle, grammar no go pay bills

Bede2u:
You forgot 'been' and 'being'. This is very common among nairalanders flaties and afonjas alike.
They be like ''Ya I have being there before'' or ''You are been stupid'' I dey laugh any time I see the mumu mix up

Thanks for speaking my mind, I don't know why it irritates me so much to see this particular mistake being so rampantly flaunted on sundry threads on this nairaland forum

Ayo4251:
Some do not even know how to use 'has' and 'have'

The one wey bad pass na those wey no know when to use has, had, and have.

DanielsParker:


"I see him everyday". This is present continuous .

what if you usually see him everyday but not anymore?

can you express that in a past tense?

I see him everyday, that was until some days ago though

OR

I stopped seeing him regularly some days ago

OR

I haven't set my eyes on him in the last ten days, prior to that I saw him on a daily basis

OR

I don't see him anymore, quite unlike before

etc etc etc

DanielsParker:

"I see him everyday". This is present continuous .
what if you usually see him everyday but not anymore?
can you express that in a past tense?

I used to see him everyday

DanielsParker:


"would" is the past tense of "will" , usually used to show action in the past that used to happen repeatedly. e.g then after school, he would go every day to meet her.

it is some times used as a polite form of requesting for something e.g would you get your feet off the desk?

"will", on the other hand, is a future tense. eg I will be in London next week. I will meet you tomorrow

oh! Thank you sir.

jaszplus12:
nowadays "am" has replaced "i'm"!
it's absolutely wrong to write "am fine" rather it's "I'm fine"
same also for "I use(d) to see him everyday" rather it's "I see him everyday"
"I used to use baking powder for ...." rather it's "I use baking powder for...."
more from others please...
thanks op for brightening my grammar this Saturday morning!

guy ,God bless u for this, so many ppl use this word all the time in the wrong context and it really pisses me off.

Very enlightening piece, I must confess. However, I feel you should have included this very common one, "am'' and "i'm". Also, these two words are often used interchangeably "were" and "where".

DanielsParker:


"I see him everyday". This is present continuous .

what if you usually see him everyday but not anymore?

can you express that in a past tense?

You simply say 'i dont see him anymore'

The first four are most common with Americans
Not a day goes by I don't see such when I visit their forums