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Re: 13 Grammatical Mistakes That Instantly Reveal People's Ignorance by sseunth(m): 8:29am On Oct 07, 2017 |
ugochukwufrenzy:may you be wise 2 Likes |
Re: 13 Grammatical Mistakes That Instantly Reveal People's Ignorance by 50shadesofme: 8:31am On Oct 07, 2017 |
Ramanto: Original copy submitted by, John |
Re: 13 Grammatical Mistakes That Instantly Reveal People's Ignorance by funnynation(m): 8:33am On Oct 07, 2017 |
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Re: 13 Grammatical Mistakes That Instantly Reveal People's Ignorance by Nobody: 8:33am On Oct 07, 2017 |
OROSUNBOLB:Yeah.. I will like to... Hahahaha |
Re: 13 Grammatical Mistakes That Instantly Reveal People's Ignorance by freeDR(m): 8:34am On Oct 07, 2017 |
A little more expatiation on the use of "who" and "whom" will be appreciated. Thanks. |
Re: 13 Grammatical Mistakes That Instantly Reveal People's Ignorance by Koolking(m): 8:35am On Oct 07, 2017 |
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! |
Re: 13 Grammatical Mistakes That Instantly Reveal People's Ignorance by Nobody: 8:40am On Oct 07, 2017 |
MrPresident1: By far the most annoying. 1 Like |
Re: 13 Grammatical Mistakes That Instantly Reveal People's Ignorance by AfricaNigerian: 8:41am On Oct 07, 2017 |
DANDeGENERAL please write on "will" and "would" by quoting me, thanks! 1 Like |
Re: 13 Grammatical Mistakes That Instantly Reveal People's Ignorance by 7footre(m): 8:42am On Oct 07, 2017 |
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. 1 Like |
Re: 13 Grammatical Mistakes That Instantly Reveal People's Ignorance by Shitface(m): 8:51am On Oct 07, 2017 |
op
I have issues with WHERE AND WERE |
Re: 13 Grammatical Mistakes That Instantly Reveal People's Ignorance by rotexteymie(f): 8:53am On Oct 07, 2017 |
A Lil bit of enlightenment on CONCORD please?.. .. Concord is really confusing.... Likes of 'would and will' 'can and could'and the likes please |
Re: 13 Grammatical Mistakes That Instantly Reveal People's Ignorance by Chigorkizz(m): 8:54am On Oct 07, 2017 |
Good, |
Re: 13 Grammatical Mistakes That Instantly Reveal People's Ignorance by Ekealterego: 8:57am On Oct 07, 2017 |
freeDR: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. 1 Like |
Re: 13 Grammatical Mistakes That Instantly Reveal People's Ignorance by danigbo(m): 9:01am On Oct 07, 2017 |
DanielsParker: I saw him three weeks ago |
Re: 13 Grammatical Mistakes That Instantly Reveal People's Ignorance by DanielsParker(m): 9:06am On Oct 07, 2017 |
danigbo: 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 4 Likes |
Re: 13 Grammatical Mistakes That Instantly Reveal People's Ignorance by Gaddafithe2nd(m): 9:06am On Oct 07, 2017 |
"The blue book of grammar and punctuation" is a good book for English grammer. It is online you can download it. 1 Like |
Re: 13 Grammatical Mistakes That Instantly Reveal People's Ignorance by encrypt(m): 9:08am On Oct 07, 2017 |
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!! |
Re: 13 Grammatical Mistakes That Instantly Reveal People's Ignorance by ochardbaby(m): 9:10am On Oct 07, 2017 |
Empredboy: Some of us only sabi : $£¥€ abi Na lie? Johnbull my son go learn how to spell your name.. haha |
Re: 13 Grammatical Mistakes That Instantly Reveal People's Ignorance by leonard002(m): 9:12am On Oct 07, 2017 |
one strong way to improve your vocabulary is to read more quality literature. |
Re: 13 Grammatical Mistakes That Instantly Reveal People's Ignorance by freeDR(m): 9:13am On Oct 07, 2017 |
Ekealterego:Thanks. 1 Like |
Re: 13 Grammatical Mistakes That Instantly Reveal People's Ignorance by Nobody: 9:15am On Oct 07, 2017 |
English isn't my father's language. Even bill gates cannot speak ours well 1 Like |
Re: 13 Grammatical Mistakes That Instantly Reveal People's Ignorance by DanielsParker(m): 9:21am On Oct 07, 2017 |
AfricaNigerian: "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 |
Re: 13 Grammatical Mistakes That Instantly Reveal People's Ignorance by TeeFriz: 9:29am On Oct 07, 2017 |
Ogbeni,na money boys dey hustle, grammar no go pay bills |
Re: 13 Grammatical Mistakes That Instantly Reveal People's Ignorance by Myself2(m): 9:31am On Oct 07, 2017 |
Bede2u: 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 |
Re: 13 Grammatical Mistakes That Instantly Reveal People's Ignorance by Gotze1: 9:31am On Oct 07, 2017 |
Ayo4251:The one wey bad pass na those wey no know when to use has, had, and have. |
Re: 13 Grammatical Mistakes That Instantly Reveal People's Ignorance by Myself2(m): 9:35am On Oct 07, 2017 |
DanielsParker: 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 1 Like |
Re: 13 Grammatical Mistakes That Instantly Reveal People's Ignorance by kocvalour(m): 9:36am On Oct 07, 2017 |
DanielsParker:I used to see him everyday |
Re: 13 Grammatical Mistakes That Instantly Reveal People's Ignorance by AfricaNigerian: 9:41am On Oct 07, 2017 |
DanielsParker:oh! Thank you sir. |
Re: 13 Grammatical Mistakes That Instantly Reveal People's Ignorance by lafean20(f): 9:43am On Oct 07, 2017 |
jaszplus12: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. 3 Likes |
Re: 13 Grammatical Mistakes That Instantly Reveal People's Ignorance by Lawsimon(m): 9:45am On Oct 07, 2017 |
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". 1 Like |
Re: 13 Grammatical Mistakes That Instantly Reveal People's Ignorance by ShegzyB: 9:45am On Oct 07, 2017 |
DanielsParker: You simply say 'i dont see him anymore' |
Re: 13 Grammatical Mistakes That Instantly Reveal People's Ignorance by buffalowings: 9:51am On Oct 07, 2017 |
The first four are most common with Americans Not a day goes by I don't see such when I visit their forums |
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