Oga mi sir!


Dr. Professor Ola Olabiyi [b]Flaws or floors [/b]Katzumoto on the "Sanusi: Brilliant, Over-hyped or Mediocre" thread.

Which one is the correct verb to use in the statement above?





[size=3pt]BTW, did you actually make A1 in English? NECO or WAEC? I actually made A2 in NECO English, but WAEC did not work out as great as NECO, for obvious reasons[/size]

naijababe:

A wide range of options was made available to the students.

Dr Emeka is an expert in computer science

Effective / Efficacious / effectual - no difference here. Both are used when describing something that does what it should

Efficient - close in meaning to the above but used when one wants to attach a range to the meaning of any of the above words

hmmmmmm, awon ti avant garde ni yen

When I grow up, I just wanna be like you.

naijababe:

A wide range of options was made available to the students.

Hey, baby-Katz V, this is not the right answer to the poster's question.

You need to break it down for the poster why was, and not were, is the correct verb in this context.

The poster is confused because he/she isnt sure as to which verb to go along with "A wide range" Vs. Options"

Anyway, please make it a lil bit clearer for us not so privileged illiterates and "ara okos"

ola olabiy:


Answer.


"Brain": Use 'brains'.





"Offsprings": Mass noun. Use 'offspring'.

I don't quite follow. Do you mean the correct sentence is - Seun Osewa, the nerdy chap who lives in Ogun State and the brains behind Nairaland, is one of the offspring of Chief Osewa.

Missy ★ B:

I don't quite follow. Do you mean the correct sentence is - Seun Osewa, the nerdy chap who lives in Ogun State and the brains behind Nairaland, is one of the offspring of Chief Osewa.

Yes, Omo N'oba N'edo

Here:

"Brain": intellectual capacity:I didn't have enough brains for the sciences[mass noun] :success requires brain as well as brawn
(the brains) informal a clever person who supplies the ideas and plans for a group of people:Tom was the brains of the outfit

"Brains": http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/brain


"Offspring":

Usage

The meaning of offspring covers both an individual child and several children, though the latter meaning is the more common. As a result, the word does not need the plural form ‘offsprings’ with an -s which is sometimes encountered.

http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/offspring

Aww! Many thanks. If it were an exam question, na so I 4 just fail patapata. . .English na wa.

Missy ★ B:

Aww! Many thanks. If it were an exam question, na so I 4 just fail patapata. . .English na wa.

And it wont be the first time.

You should be used to it by now.

Take heart, your portion, your destiny, learn to accept and live with it.

You are very annoying, WizardofOZ!

Ystranger:


And it wont be the first time.

You should be used to it by now.

Take heart, your portion, your destiny, learn to accept and live with it.

Very funny!

Odunnu:

You are very annoying, WizardofOZ!

Not as much as you cutie pie

Can i ask another question?

Is it, "funnily enough , or is it funny enough"?

blank:

Can i ask another question?

Is it, "funnily enough , or is it funny enough"?

Already examined, Blank.

It is "funnily enough"


Here: http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/funnily

Stranger, stop being a stirrer.





Ati n sun mo armageddon. Repent!

ola olabiy:

Stranger, stop being a stirrer.





Ati n sun mo armageddon. Repent!

U berra don't be holding your breath mate.

Hmmm!

"Pronunciate"



^^Is it a word, peeps?

ola olabiy:

Hmmm!

"Pronunciate"



^^Is it a word, peeps?

NO.

ola olabiy:

Hmmm!

"Pronunciate"



^^Is it a word, peeps?

Yes. The noun form of pronounce; use of pronounciate common in everyday language is in fact wrong.

Ystranger:


NO.

naijababe:

Yes. The noun form of pronounce; use of pronounciate common in everyday language is in fact wrong.

Yep! It's not a WORD. UrbanDictionary and Dictionary.com have it, though.

But, it's NOT a word.

Thanks, guys.

British: Sceptic



American: Skeptic

How come I didn't see this thread for this long? Thanks a million OP

ola olabiy:

Yep! It's not a WORD. UrbanDictionary and Dictionary.com have it, though.

But, it's NOT a word.

Thanks, guys.

Beg to differ prof. My classmate's older brother told her why pronunciate is the appropriate word rather than pronounciate and she decided to shakara us at lunch time the next day. The argument cost me my 1 naira lunch money and this happened in 1990.

naijababe:

Beg to differ prof. My classmate's older brother told her why pronunciate is the appropriate word rather than pronounciate and she decided to shakara us at lunch time the next day. The argument cost me my 1 naira lunch money and this happened in 1990.

Both are wrong, Naijababe.

The only verb form of it is "pronounce"

^ Eewoo!!! So I only did saara . So there's pronunciation and pronounce but not pronunciate. Damn, that 1 naira just begin pain me all over

naijababe:

^ Eewoo!!! So I only did saara . So there's pronunciation and pronounce but not pronunciate. Damn, that 1 naira just begin pain me all over

I know. That 1 naira go don worth 500 naira now.

1990? I think sey moi own lunch money that time na 30 kobo sef

ola olabiy:



I know. That 1 naira go don worth 500 naira now.

1990? I think sey moi own lunch money that time na 30 kobo sef

Haba prof, 30 kobo no go buy ish for 1990. You mean 3 naira

naijababe:

Haba prof, 30 kobo no go buy ish for 1990. You mean 3 naira

I no lie oo. Na orange, kokoro, or banana I dey take am buy. Why I dey thin up till nau

But, e be like sey I get 1 girlfriend wey dey always pamper me.

Abi nau.

OMG!!! You are so funny, I am actually lmao

naijababe:

OMG!!! You are so funny, I am actually lmao

The same way Isale dey attend to moi needs these days

ola olabiy:

The same way Isale dey attend to moi needs these days

I like your optimism brother . Keep up the hope

naijababe:

I like your optimism brother . Keep up the hope

Never say die.

Please OLA and others, my questions are still on the previous page (57), unanswered. Please I need their answers.
Thank you.

Hmmm.