Re: Some Grammatical Mistakes You Make And Things You Say Wrong. by Injera(f): 12:55pm On May 01, 2020 |
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Re: Some Grammatical Mistakes You Make And Things You Say Wrong. by OROSUNBOLB(m): 1:01pm On May 01, 2020 |
Veebliz: Some grammatical mistakes you make and things you say wrong.
Hello, everyone. Before I shoot, I’d like you to read this:
After learning some Spanish and having to correct a lot of English in WhatsApp groups, I’ve discovered that some of us say some things wrong. Some like saying things like “English is not our language”, “Who English epp? (Who does English help?)” “Does it add money to my account?” especially when you correct them. But most of these are said out of ignorance. English is not your language, but why do you use it? English has helped a lot of people, YES! It has. Why else do we use English to teach at school? In fact, more research has been done in English than in any other language, 98% of scientific materials published today are in English, I’m not saying that other languages are inferior, but the truth is that, some people do need to stop being ignorant and face it – English really DOES matter…and YES – it can add money to your account in so many ways; you think about it.
Yeah, I feel like it’s important for me to add this: I’ve come across some Nigerians who speak English as their first tongue; I do as well, so the idea of saying English is not our language doesn’t make any sense at all. I have no problem with anybody speaking any indigenous language.
The English language is not a foreign language to Nigeria, it has mixed with our cultures in a unique way, and therefore has become ours – one of our languages, even though I don’t speak the language of my indigenous tribe, I still have some of their cultural values instilled in me, I cherish and respect them.
Aha! I must not skip this; I've interacted with Brits and Americans on the internet, so I see them make silly mistakes as well, but the ones I've written here are some of the mistakes I see my country people make often. Let’s see some of the grammatical mistakes people make and things they say wrong.
1) The verb – to make;
Of course, you would have definitely seen some people make mistakes with this verb, it’s common to hear people say things like: “This picture makes me TO remember my past.” “Eating all the time will make you TO be fat.” “If you use this medicine, it will make you TO sleep.” I am sure you’ve already spotted the mistake, right? – Yeah, I made it obvious. The verb – to make doesn’t take “to” after it, so the correct thing to say in each sentence above is: “This picture makes me remember my past.” “Eating all the time will make you (be) fat” – in this kind of sentence, it’s more common and therefore more natural to skip the verb – “be”. “If you use this medicine, it will make you sleep.” The only time it’s fine to use “TO” after the verb – to make is when it is in the passive; for example, “I was made TO kneel down yesterday at school.” NOT I was made kneel down yesterday at school.”
2) The verb – to enable;
This verb requires “to” after it, but it is so amusing that some people would leave out “to” using this verb but would use it with the verb “to make”. Here is an example: “This software will enable you TO work on your computer efficiently.” NOT “This software will enable you work on your computer efficiently.”
3) The verb – to allow;
This verb also requires “to” after it. Here is an example: “My parents will not allow me TO go out today.” NOT “My parents will not allow me go out today.”
4) The verb – to reply;
The mistakes made with this verb are pretty common, this verb is intransitive, which means it cannot go with a direct object, therefore, it needs a preposition for it to make sense, and therefore, you reply TO somebody or TO something. NOT reply somebody or something. “Why didn’t you reply my messages?” is WRONG. The correct thing is: “Why didn’t you reply TO my messages?”
5) The idiom – to be about to do something;
Hahahaha , I remember hearing someone say: “I was just about asking same thing.” Well, the correct thing is: “I was just about TO ask you THE same thing.”
6) The noun – stuff;
Yeah! This particular noun is such a pain in the ass for some people, it is uncountable, so, it cannot take an S after it and an indefinite article can’t be used with it either. “Please give me five minutes – I want to get my STUFF” NOT “Please give me five minutes – I want to get my stuffs”. “Where did you get all this stuff?” NOT “Where did you get all these stuffs?” “Where IS all my stuff?” NOT “Where are all my stuffs?” “This is good stuff.” NOT “This is a good stuff.” The only context where stuff can take an S is if it’s used as a verb: “Ade always stuffs himself with so much junk food.”
7) The nouns – slang and jargon;
English is weird, yeah…but it’s not hard. So many people make mistakes with these nouns - These nouns are uncountable – yeah you read it right; UNCOUNTABLE. I remember reading an article sometime ago, it had: “20 slangs you will hear in Nigeria” as its title: If you’ve been reading this article carefully, you will have known what is wrong with the sentence. Numbers can’t be used with uncountable nouns, so the correct thing is: “20 SLANG WORDS/EXPRESSIONS/TERMS you will hear in Nigeria”. Or simply put: “Some slang you will hear in Nigeria.” – So you can use “some” with uncountable nouns and countable nouns as well. “That is internet slang.” NOT “That is an internet slang.” “Too much slang was used in the movie.” NOT “Too many slangs were used in the movie.” “His messages were full of jargon.” NOT “His messages were full of jargons.”
8 ) The noun – information;
I don’t need to explain this, just keep it in mind that it is UNCOUNTABLE. “Thank you for that information.” NOT “Thank you for those informations” “What a wonderful piece of information!” NOT “What a wonderful information!” “I want to share some information with you.” NOT “I want to share you an information.”
9) The noun – advice;
This is uncountable as well: make sure you do not mistake it for the verb: advise. The noun is spelt with a C and the verb with an S. “I need (some) advice from you.” NOT “I need some advices from you.” NOT “I need an advice from you.”
10) All what;
If you’ve been saying this, then you need to STOP saying it! This is WRONG! It should be either: “All (that)” or “All OF what”. “All (that) I’ve been saying is that….” NOT “All what I’ve been saying is that…”
11) The noun – headache;
Just as people make mistakes with uncountable nouns, they also do the same thing with countable nouns – it’s very common to hear “I am having headache”. This sentence is wrong. It should be: “I have a headache.”
12) The noun – news;
This is an uncountable noun. “This is good news!” NOT “This is a good news!”
13) The expression – in the twinkling of an eye;
I’ve heard and seen people say: “In the twinkle of an eye.” – This is wrong of course: it should be: “In the twinkling of an eye.”
14) The famous – “I don’t get”.
Okay, I don’t want to be too annoying because I KNOW that some will get angry reading this article, but guess what? Learning never ends. We are used to saying this, but you should know that the verb – to get in this case is transitive, so it needs an object to sound okay. So I recommend that you start saying: “I don’t get IT.” Saying “I don’t get” has always sounded weird to me, I’ve asked some foreigners just to be sure it's not just me but they said it sounded weird to them as well.
15) The noun – furniture;
I usually see furniture makers put up a sign like “ABC furnitures.” This doesn’t work in English; it’s an uncountable noun, so you already know the drill. “They like playing with furniture.” NOT “They like playing with furnitures.”
I am Nigerian, so I speak more Nigerian English, I don’t hate it, I just like when people make good use of it because I know what it feels like when you murder someone's language. When I was in junior secondary school, I remember saying something wrong in Yoruba while I was playing with my friends, you needed to have seen how three of them were throwing corrections at me. ( There are so many people who care about mistakes – especially in English. These are just a few of the mistakes. I could keep on writing and writing, but I will leave it here. So, I hope this helps your English if you’ve been saying it wrong.
Ermmmm, one last thing before the final full stop: This is for people who can’t do without starting a sentence with or using “Am”; What exactly is wrong? Please stop making this horrible mistake, if you can’t use the contraction: “I’m…” then use: “I am…” It’s not hard work. The pronoun I is just one letter.
Thanks for reading.
Veebliz.
Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us here. May God bless you. |
Re: Some Grammatical Mistakes You Make And Things You Say Wrong. by jeff1607(m): 1:02pm On May 01, 2020 |
I'm not understanding |
Re: Some Grammatical Mistakes You Make And Things You Say Wrong. by Charles545: 1:05pm On May 01, 2020 |
Veebliz:
Okay, I will explain it to you.
Since Advise is a verb, you will most likely need to use a subject before it.
Check out these examples:
I have advised you too many times.
My mum always advises me whenever I do something wrong.
I would strongly advise against going out on your own.
They advised that he go back to his country.
Now, as a noun:
Dad, I have found two houses, but I'm confused about which one to choose so I need your advice.
They give advice to people who are about to get married.
Take my advice, don't get married.
I need some advice on how to get my head around it.
Both in a sentence:
We were advised to seek legal advice.
Lisa started giving advice after being advised by her friend. Seun Lalasticlala Mynd44 please. I need your attention please. : Agreed, ADVISE is in the verb form but how is ADVICE in the noun form; considering the definition of a NOUN : kindly clarify |
Re: Some Grammatical Mistakes You Make And Things You Say Wrong. by Timijo(m): 1:07pm On May 01, 2020 |
This is for those who are fond of saying: WHO ENGLISH HELP? As for me, English has helped me in many ways. I studied Science Education but I developed my English skills to an expert level. So, any time you ask this question: "Who English help?" Remember that it has helped timijo.
I have a lot to talk about but I will make my testimony brief.
1. I was teaching science subjects in a school that paid #14,000 as monthly salary but my English skills got me another teaching job in an international school with a starting salary of #42,000. I got a lot of experience in this school through international training and online courses. Courses that I would have paid a huge amount of money were made available for free. Before I resigned, my monthly salary was over #100,000.
2. In addition to what I have achieved from learning English, it has given me the opportunity to work as an English teacher outside Nigeria. Yes, you may be surprised but that is the truth. I am abroad teaching English.
Finally, I know that God helped me to be where I am today but I had worked on myself before He blessed me. So, you must have something to offer because faith without work is dead. English language plus divine favour gave me two lucrative jobs. 5 Likes |
Re: Some Grammatical Mistakes You Make And Things You Say Wrong. by dahfrosh20(m): 1:17pm On May 01, 2020 |
What a pretty write-up... MEANWHILE, every human created for a different purpose, even the ENGLISH-BORN made mistakes. But i think it isn't a crime if one can't speak correct english but comprehendable. |
Re: Some Grammatical Mistakes You Make And Things You Say Wrong. by Herbephe1(m): 1:18pm On May 01, 2020 |
Op
which one is correct:
the "reason" I did it/ the "reason why " I did it |
Re: Some Grammatical Mistakes You Make And Things You Say Wrong. by Timijo(m): 1:18pm On May 01, 2020 |
Charles545:
I need your attention please. : Agreed, ADVISE is in the verb form but how is ADVICE in the noun form; considering the definition of a NOUN : kindly clarify What is a noun? A noun is a word that functions as the name of some specific thing or set of things, such as living creatures, objects, places, actions, qualities, states of existence, or ideas. Wikipedia. I want you to take note of the word ideas in the above definition. Advice is an idea or opinion about what somebody should do in a particular situation. Also, remember that it falls under the example of abstract nouns. 3 Likes |
Re: Some Grammatical Mistakes You Make And Things You Say Wrong. by thatsleepboy1: 1:19pm On May 01, 2020 |
Very good piece OP. I'm going to o read this article over again till I make sure I'm good at correcting my English errors. Thanks so much for this once more. 1 Like |
Re: Some Grammatical Mistakes You Make And Things You Say Wrong. by akdjr(m): 1:21pm On May 01, 2020 |
so what you gonna do now? American So what are you going to do now? British So wetin u go do now? Nigeria
Sadly, it will be assume that the American and British English is correct and that of Nigeria is wrong. WTF! |
Re: Some Grammatical Mistakes You Make And Things You Say Wrong. by Nfora: 1:25pm On May 01, 2020 |
Thanks for listening Thank you for listening I thank you for listening Thanking you for listening Thanks Thank you. I thank you. Will you thank me? Will you be thanking me? Won't you thank me? Thank God Give thanks to God Help me to thank him Help me thank him OP Which of the above is/are correct? |
Re: Some Grammatical Mistakes You Make And Things You Say Wrong. by Seebrian(m): 1:27pm On May 01, 2020 |
OP, I need help on the use of might and may. Thanks. 1 Like |
Re: Some Grammatical Mistakes You Make And Things You Say Wrong. by Charles545: 1:30pm On May 01, 2020 |
Timijo:
What is a noun?
A noun is a word that functions as the name of some specific thing or set of things, such as living creatures, objects, places, actions, qualities, states of existence, or ideas. Wikipedia.
I want you to take note of the word ideas in the above definition.
Advice is an idea or opinion about what somebody should do in a particular situation.
Also, remember that it falls under the example of abstract nouns. Thank you, I am on track now. : Cheers � 1 Like |
Re: Some Grammatical Mistakes You Make And Things You Say Wrong. by Jeffyblaq(m): 1:33pm On May 01, 2020 |
mattbass:
Sorry bro... When do we use "Advise" in a sentence since it is a verb?? For instance : I will ADVISE you to leave for Lagos tomorrow.. My ADVICE is you should leave for Lagos tomorrow.. Took me a while to know this and how to use it properly ! Bless up! 2 Likes |
Re: Some Grammatical Mistakes You Make And Things You Say Wrong. by JoshRocs(m): 1:33pm On May 01, 2020 |
OP Kudos to you for this piece, Let the myopic ones continually bask in their ignorance. Ignorance truly is bliss 1 Like |
Re: Some Grammatical Mistakes You Make And Things You Say Wrong. by emmabest2000(m): 1:35pm On May 01, 2020 |
Veebliz: Some grammatical mistakes you make and things you say wrong.
Hello, everyone. Before I shoot, I’d like you to read this:
After learning some Spanish and having to correct a lot of English in WhatsApp groups, I’ve discovered that some of us say some things wrong. Some like saying things like “English is not our language”, “Who English epp? (Who does English help?)” “Does it add money to my account?” especially when you correct them. But most of these are said out of ignorance. English is not your language, but why do you use it? English has helped a lot of people, YES! It has. Why else do we use English to teach at school? In fact, more research has been done in English than in any other language, 98% of scientific materials published today are in English, I’m not saying that other languages are inferior, but the truth is that, some people do need to stop being ignorant and face it – English really DOES matter…and YES – it can add money to your account in so many ways; you think about it.
Yeah, I feel like it’s important for me to add this: I’ve come across some Nigerians who speak English as their first tongue; I do as well, so the idea of saying English is not our language doesn’t make any sense at all. I have no problem with anybody speaking any indigenous language.
The English language is not a foreign language to Nigeria, it has mixed with our cultures in a unique way, and therefore has become ours – one of our languages, even though I don’t speak the language of my indigenous tribe, I still have some of their cultural values instilled in me, I cherish and respect them.
Aha! I must not skip this; I've interacted with Brits and Americans on the internet, so I see them make silly mistakes as well, but the ones I've written here are some of the mistakes I see my country people make often. Let’s see some of the grammatical mistakes people make and things they say wrong.
1) The verb – to make;
Of course, you would have definitely seen some people make mistakes with this verb, it’s common to hear people say things like: “This picture makes me TO remember my past.” “Eating all the time will make you TO be fat.” “If you use this medicine, it will make you TO sleep.” I am sure you’ve already spotted the mistake, right? – Yeah, I made it obvious. The verb – to make doesn’t take “to” after it, so the correct thing to say in each sentence above is: “This picture makes me remember my past.” “Eating all the time will make you (be) fat” – in this kind of sentence, it’s more common and therefore more natural to skip the verb – “be”. “If you use this medicine, it will make you sleep.” The only time it’s fine to use “TO” after the verb – to make is when it is in the passive; for example, “I was made TO kneel down yesterday at school.” NOT I was made kneel down yesterday at school.”
2) The verb – to enable;
This verb requires “to” after it, but it is so amusing that some people would leave out “to” using this verb but would use it with the verb “to make”. Here is an example: “This software will enable you TO work on your computer efficiently.” NOT “This software will enable you work on your computer efficiently.”
3) The verb – to allow;
This verb also requires “to” after it. Here is an example: “My parents will not allow me TO go out today.” NOT “My parents will not allow me go out today.”
4) The verb – to reply;
The mistakes made with this verb are pretty common, this verb is intransitive, which means it cannot go with a direct object, therefore, it needs a preposition for it to make sense, and therefore, you reply TO somebody or TO something. NOT reply somebody or something. “Why didn’t you reply my messages?” is WRONG. The correct thing is: “Why didn’t you reply TO my messages?”
5) The idiom – to be about to do something;
Hahahaha , I remember hearing someone say: “I was just about asking same thing.” Well, the correct thing is: “I was just about TO ask you THE same thing.”
6) The noun – stuff;
Yeah! This particular noun is such a pain in the ass for some people, it is uncountable, so, it cannot take an S after it and an indefinite article can’t be used with it either. “Please give me five minutes – I want to get my STUFF” NOT “Please give me five minutes – I want to get my stuffs”. “Where did you get all this stuff?” NOT “Where did you get all these stuffs?” “Where IS all my stuff?” NOT “Where are all my stuffs?” “This is good stuff.” NOT “This is a good stuff.” The only context where stuff can take an S is if it’s used as a verb: “Ade always stuffs himself with so much junk food.”
7) The nouns – slang and jargon;
English is weird, yeah…but it’s not hard. So many people make mistakes with these nouns - These nouns are uncountable – yeah you read it right; UNCOUNTABLE. I remember reading an article sometime ago, it had: “20 slangs you will hear in Nigeria” as its title: If you’ve been reading this article carefully, you will have known what is wrong with the sentence. Numbers can’t be used with uncountable nouns, so the correct thing is: “20 SLANG WORDS/EXPRESSIONS/TERMS you will hear in Nigeria”. Or simply put: “Some slang you will hear in Nigeria.” – So you can use “some” with uncountable nouns and countable nouns as well. “That is internet slang.” NOT “That is an internet slang.” “Too much slang was used in the movie.” NOT “Too many slangs were used in the movie.” “His messages were full of jargon.” NOT “His messages were full of jargons.”
8 ) The noun – information;
I don’t need to explain this, just keep it in mind that it is UNCOUNTABLE. “Thank you for that information.” NOT “Thank you for those informations” “What a wonderful piece of information!” NOT “What a wonderful information!” “I want to share some information with you.” NOT “I want to share you an information.”
9) The noun – advice;
This is uncountable as well: make sure you do not mistake it for the verb: advise. The noun is spelt with a C and the verb with an S. “I need (some) advice from you.” NOT “I need some advices from you.” NOT “I need an advice from you.”
10) All what;
If you’ve been saying this, then you need to STOP saying it! This is WRONG! It should be either: “All (that)” or “All OF what”. “All (that) I’ve been saying is that….” NOT “All what I’ve been saying is that…”
11) The noun – headache;
Just as people make mistakes with uncountable nouns, they also do the same thing with countable nouns – it’s very common to hear “I am having headache”. This sentence is wrong. It should be: “I have a headache.”
12) The noun – news;
This is an uncountable noun. “This is good news!” NOT “This is a good news!”
13) The expression – in the twinkling of an eye;
I’ve heard and seen people say: “In the twinkle of an eye.” – This is wrong of course: it should be: “In the twinkling of an eye.”
14) The famous – “I don’t get”.
Okay, I don’t want to be too annoying because I KNOW that some will get angry reading this article, but guess what? Learning never ends. We are used to saying this, but you should know that the verb – to get in this case is transitive, so it needs an object to sound okay. So I recommend that you start saying: “I don’t get IT.” Saying “I don’t get” has always sounded weird to me, I’ve asked some foreigners just to be sure it's not just me but they said it sounded weird to them as well.
15) The noun – furniture;
I usually see furniture makers put up a sign like “ABC furnitures.” This doesn’t work in English; it’s an uncountable noun, so you already know the drill. “They like playing with furniture.” NOT “They like playing with furnitures.”
I am Nigerian, so I speak more Nigerian English, I don’t hate it, I just like when people make good use of it because I know what it feels like when you murder someone's language. When I was in junior secondary school, I remember saying something wrong in Yoruba while I was playing with my friends, you needed to have seen how three of them were throwing corrections at me. ( There are so many people who care about mistakes – especially in English. These are just a few of the mistakes. I could keep on writing and writing, but I will leave it here. So, I hope this helps your English if you’ve been saying it wrong.
Ermmmm, one last thing before the final full stop: This is for people who can’t do without starting a sentence with or using “Am”; What exactly is wrong? Please stop making this horrible mistake, if you can’t use the contraction: “I’m…” then use: “I am…” It’s not hard work. The pronoun I is just one letter.
Thanks for reading.
Veebliz.
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Re: Some Grammatical Mistakes You Make And Things You Say Wrong. by Mentorme: 1:39pm On May 01, 2020 |
If English man can speak my language perfectly, then, I will come back to learn all those things. My primary concern is to make my listener to understand what I mean. Shikina! 1 Like |
Re: Some Grammatical Mistakes You Make And Things You Say Wrong. by enemyofprogress: 1:41pm On May 01, 2020 |
Mynd44 is always making those mistakes, i am tired of correcting her like a small childrens |
Re: Some Grammatical Mistakes You Make And Things You Say Wrong. by GEEBITE: 1:45pm On May 01, 2020 |
This lesson should be organized for both Sarki and Helinuses. They post all the time with either atrocious spellings or poor syntax. I wonder the kind of school they passed through at formative ages. Veebliz: Some grammatical mistakes you make and things you say wrong.
Hello, everyone. Before I shoot, I’d like you to read this:
After learning some Spanish and having to correct a lot of English in WhatsApp groups, I’ve discovered that some of us say some things wrong. Some like saying things like “English is not our language”, “Who English epp? (Who does English help?)” “Does it add money to my account?” especially when you correct them. But most of these are said out of ignorance. English is not your language, but why do you use it? English has helped a lot of people, YES! It has. Why else do we use English to teach at school? In fact, more research has been done in English than in any other language, 98% of scientific materials published today are in English, I’m not saying that other languages are inferior, but the truth is that, some people do need to stop being ignorant and face it – English really DOES matter…and YES – it can add money to your account in so many ways; you think about it.
Yeah, I feel like it’s important for me to add this: I’ve come across some Nigerians who speak English as their first tongue; I do as well, so the idea of saying English is not our language doesn’t make any sense at all. I have no problem with anybody speaking any indigenous language.
The English language is not a foreign language to Nigeria, it has mixed with our cultures in a unique way, and therefore has become ours – one of our languages, even though I don’t speak the language of my indigenous tribe, I still have some of their cultural values instilled in me, I cherish and respect them.
Aha! I must not skip this; I've interacted with Brits and Americans on the internet, so I see them make silly mistakes as well, but the ones I've written here are some of the mistakes I see my country people make often. Let’s see some of the grammatical mistakes people make and things they say wrong.
1) The verb – to make;
Of course, you would have definitely seen some people make mistakes with this verb, it’s common to hear people say things like: “This picture makes me TO remember my past.” “Eating all the time will make you TO be fat.” “If you use this medicine, it will make you TO sleep.” I am sure you’ve already spotted the mistake, right? – Yeah, I made it obvious. The verb – to make doesn’t take “to” after it, so the correct thing to say in each sentence above is: “This picture makes me remember my past.” “Eating all the time will make you (be) fat” – in this kind of sentence, it’s more common and therefore more natural to skip the verb – “be”. “If you use this medicine, it will make you sleep.” The only time it’s fine to use “TO” after the verb – to make is when it is in the passive; for example, “I was made TO kneel down yesterday at school.” NOT I was made kneel down yesterday at school.”
2) The verb – to enable;
This verb requires “to” after it, but it is so amusing that some people would leave out “to” using this verb but would use it with the verb “to make”. Here is an example: “This software will enable you TO work on your computer efficiently.” NOT “This software will enable you work on your computer efficiently.”
3) The verb – to allow;
This verb also requires “to” after it. Here is an example: “My parents will not allow me TO go out today.” NOT “My parents will not allow me go out today.”
4) The verb – to reply;
The mistakes made with this verb are pretty common, this verb is intransitive, which means it cannot go with a direct object, therefore, it needs a preposition for it to make sense, and therefore, you reply TO somebody or TO something. NOT reply somebody or something. “Why didn’t you reply my messages?” is WRONG. The correct thing is: “Why didn’t you reply TO my messages?”
5) The idiom – to be about to do something;
Hahahaha , I remember hearing someone say: “I was just about asking same thing.” Well, the correct thing is: “I was just about TO ask you THE same thing.”
6) The noun – stuff;
Yeah! This particular noun is such a pain in the ass for some people, it is uncountable, so, it cannot take an S after it and an indefinite article can’t be used with it either. “Please give me five minutes – I want to get my STUFF” NOT “Please give me five minutes – I want to get my stuffs”. “Where did you get all this stuff?” NOT “Where did you get all these stuffs?” “Where IS all my stuff?” NOT “Where are all my stuffs?” “This is good stuff.” NOT “This is a good stuff.” The only context where stuff can take an S is if it’s used as a verb: “Ade always stuffs himself with so much junk food.”
7) The nouns – slang and jargon;
English is weird, yeah…but it’s not hard. So many people make mistakes with these nouns - These nouns are uncountable – yeah you read it right; UNCOUNTABLE. I remember reading an article sometime ago, it had: “20 slangs you will hear in Nigeria” as its title: If you’ve been reading this article carefully, you will have known what is wrong with the sentence. Numbers can’t be used with uncountable nouns, so the correct thing is: “20 SLANG WORDS/EXPRESSIONS/TERMS you will hear in Nigeria”. Or simply put: “Some slang you will hear in Nigeria.” – So you can use “some” with uncountable nouns and countable nouns as well. “That is internet slang.” NOT “That is an internet slang.” “Too much slang was used in the movie.” NOT “Too many slangs were used in the movie.” “His messages were full of jargon.” NOT “His messages were full of jargons.”
8 ) The noun – information;
I don’t need to explain this, just keep it in mind that it is UNCOUNTABLE. “Thank you for that information.” NOT “Thank you for those informations” “What a wonderful piece of information!” NOT “What a wonderful information!” “I want to share some information with you.” NOT “I want to share you an information.”
9) The noun – advice;
This is uncountable as well: make sure you do not mistake it for the verb: advise. The noun is spelt with a C and the verb with an S. “I need (some) advice from you.” NOT “I need some advices from you.” NOT “I need an advice from you.”
10) All what;
If you’ve been saying this, then you need to STOP saying it! This is WRONG! It should be either: “All (that)” or “All OF what”. “All (that) I’ve been saying is that….” NOT “All what I’ve been saying is that…”
11) The noun – headache;
Just as people make mistakes with uncountable nouns, they also do the same thing with countable nouns – it’s very common to hear “I am having headache”. This sentence is wrong. It should be: “I have a headache.”
12) The noun – news;
This is an uncountable noun. “This is good news!” NOT “This is a good news!”
13) The expression – in the twinkling of an eye;
I’ve heard and seen people say: “In the twinkle of an eye.” – This is wrong of course: it should be: “In the twinkling of an eye.”
14) The famous – “I don’t get”.
Okay, I don’t want to be too annoying because I KNOW that some will get angry reading this article, but guess what? Learning never ends. We are used to saying this, but you should know that the verb – to get in this case is transitive, so it needs an object to sound okay. So I recommend that you start saying: “I don’t get IT.” Saying “I don’t get” has always sounded weird to me, I’ve asked some foreigners just to be sure it's not just me but they said it sounded weird to them as well.
15) The noun – furniture;
I usually see furniture makers put up a sign like “ABC furnitures.” This doesn’t work in English; it’s an uncountable noun, so you already know the drill. “They like playing with furniture.” NOT “They like playing with furnitures.”
I am Nigerian, so I speak more Nigerian English, I don’t hate it, I just like when people make good use of it because I know what it feels like when you murder someone's language. When I was in junior secondary school, I remember saying something wrong in Yoruba while I was playing with my friends, you needed to have seen how three of them were throwing corrections at me. ( There are so many people who care about mistakes – especially in English. These are just a few of the mistakes. I could keep on writing and writing, but I will leave it here. So, I hope this helps your English if you’ve been saying it wrong.
Ermmmm, one last thing before the final full stop: This is for people who can’t do without starting a sentence with or using “Am”; What exactly is wrong? Please stop making this horrible mistake, if you can’t use the contraction: “I’m…” then use: “I am…” It’s not hard work. The pronoun I is just one letter.
Thanks for reading.
Veebliz.
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Re: Some Grammatical Mistakes You Make And Things You Say Wrong. by Joemetry(m): 1:46pm On May 01, 2020 |
Veebliz: Some grammatical mistakes you make and things you say wrong.
Hello, everyone. Before I shoot, I’d like you to read this:
After learning some Spanish and having to correct a lot of English in WhatsApp groups, I’ve discovered that some of us say some things wrong. Some like saying things like “English is not our language”, “Who English epp? (Who does English help?)” “Does it add money to my account?” especially when you correct them. But most of these are said out of ignorance. English is not your language, but why do you use it? English has helped a lot of people, YES! It has. Why else do we use English to teach at school? In fact, more research has been done in English than in any other language, 98% of scientific materials published today are in English, I’m not saying that other languages are inferior, but the truth is that, some people do need to stop being ignorant and face it – English really DOES matter…and YES – it can add money to your account in so many ways; you think about it.
Yeah, I feel like it’s important for me to add this: I’ve come across some Nigerians who speak English as their first tongue; I do as well, so the idea of saying English is not our language doesn’t make any sense at all. I have no problem with anybody speaking any indigenous language.
The English language is not a foreign language to Nigeria, it has mixed with our cultures in a unique way, and therefore has become ours – one of our languages, even though I don’t speak the language of my indigenous tribe, I still have some of their cultural values instilled in me, I cherish and respect them.
Aha! I must not skip this; I've interacted with Brits and Americans on the internet, so I see them make silly mistakes as well, but the ones I've written here are some of the mistakes I see my country people make often. Let’s see some of the grammatical mistakes people make and things they say wrong.
1) The verb – to make;
Of course, you would have definitely seen some people make mistakes with this verb, it’s common to hear people say things like: “This picture makes me TO remember my past.” “Eating all the time will make you TO be fat.” “If you use this medicine, it will make you TO sleep.” I am sure you’ve already spotted the mistake, right? – Yeah, I made it obvious. The verb – to make doesn’t take “to” after it, so the correct thing to say in each sentence above is: “This picture makes me remember my past.” “Eating all the time will make you (be) fat” – in this kind of sentence, it’s more common and therefore more natural to skip the verb – “be”. “If you use this medicine, it will make you sleep.” The only time it’s fine to use “TO” after the verb – to make is when it is in the passive; for example, “I was made TO kneel down yesterday at school.” NOT I was made kneel down yesterday at school.”
2) The verb – to enable;
This verb requires “to” after it, but it is so amusing that some people would leave out “to” using this verb but would use it with the verb “to make”. Here is an example: “This software will enable you TO work on your computer efficiently.” NOT “This software will enable you work on your computer efficiently.”
3) The verb – to allow;
This verb also requires “to” after it. Here is an example: “My parents will not allow me TO go out today.” NOT “My parents will not allow me go out today.”
4) The verb – to reply;
The mistakes made with this verb are pretty common, this verb is intransitive, which means it cannot go with a direct object, therefore, it needs a preposition for it to make sense, and therefore, you reply TO somebody or TO something. NOT reply somebody or something. “Why didn’t you reply my messages?” is WRONG. The correct thing is: “Why didn’t you reply TO my messages?”
5) The idiom – to be about to do something;
Hahahaha , I remember hearing someone say: “I was just about asking same thing.” Well, the correct thing is: “I was just about TO ask you THE same thing.”
6) The noun – stuff;
Yeah! This particular noun is such a pain in the ass for some people, it is uncountable, so, it cannot take an S after it and an indefinite article can’t be used with it either. “Please give me five minutes – I want to get my STUFF” NOT “Please give me five minutes – I want to get my stuffs”. “Where did you get all this stuff?” NOT “Where did you get all these stuffs?” “Where IS all my stuff?” NOT “Where are all my stuffs?” “This is good stuff.” NOT “This is a good stuff.” The only context where stuff can take an S is if it’s used as a verb: “Ade always stuffs himself with so much junk food.”
7) The nouns – slang and jargon;
English is weird, yeah…but it’s not hard. So many people make mistakes with these nouns - These nouns are uncountable – yeah you read it right; UNCOUNTABLE. I remember reading an article sometime ago, it had: “20 slangs you will hear in Nigeria” as its title: If you’ve been reading this article carefully, you will have known what is wrong with the sentence. Numbers can’t be used with uncountable nouns, so the correct thing is: “20 SLANG WORDS/EXPRESSIONS/TERMS you will hear in Nigeria”. Or simply put: “Some slang you will hear in Nigeria.” – So you can use “some” with uncountable nouns and countable nouns as well. “That is internet slang.” NOT “That is an internet slang.” “Too much slang was used in the movie.” NOT “Too many slangs were used in the movie.” “His messages were full of jargon.” NOT “His messages were full of jargons.”
8 ) The noun – information;
I don’t need to explain this, just keep it in mind that it is UNCOUNTABLE. “Thank you for that information.” NOT “Thank you for those informations” “What a wonderful piece of information!” NOT “What a wonderful information!” “I want to share some information with you.” NOT “I want to share you an information.”
9) The noun – advice;
This is uncountable as well: make sure you do not mistake it for the verb: advise. The noun is spelt with a C and the verb with an S. “I need (some) advice from you.” NOT “I need some advices from you.” NOT “I need an advice from you.”
10) All what;
If you’ve been saying this, then you need to STOP saying it! This is WRONG! It should be either: “All (that)” or “All OF what”. “All (that) I’ve been saying is that….” NOT “All what I’ve been saying is that…”
11) The noun – headache;
Just as people make mistakes with uncountable nouns, they also do the same thing with countable nouns – it’s very common to hear “I am having headache”. This sentence is wrong. It should be: “I have a headache.”
12) The noun – news;
This is an uncountable noun. “This is good news!” NOT “This is a good news!”
13) The expression – in the twinkling of an eye;
I’ve heard and seen people say: “In the twinkle of an eye.” – This is wrong of course: it should be: “In the twinkling of an eye.”
14) The famous – “I don’t get”.
Okay, I don’t want to be too annoying because I KNOW that some will get angry reading this article, but guess what? Learning never ends. We are used to saying this, but you should know that the verb – to get in this case is transitive, so it needs an object to sound okay. So I recommend that you start saying: “I don’t get IT.” Saying “I don’t get” has always sounded weird to me, I’ve asked some foreigners just to be sure it's not just me but they said it sounded weird to them as well.
15) The noun – furniture;
I usually see furniture makers put up a sign like “ABC furnitures.” This doesn’t work in English; it’s an uncountable noun, so you already know the drill. “They like playing with furniture.” NOT “They like playing with furnitures.”
I am Nigerian, so I speak more Nigerian English, I don’t hate it, I just like when people make good use of it because I know what it feels like when you murder someone's language. When I was in junior secondary school, I remember saying something wrong in Yoruba while I was playing with my friends, you needed to have seen how three of them were throwing corrections at me. ( There are so many people who care about mistakes – especially in English. These are just a few of the mistakes. I could keep on writing and writing, but I will leave it here. So, I hope this helps your English if you’ve been saying it wrong.
Ermmmm, one last thing before the final full stop: This is for people who can’t do without starting a sentence with or using “Am”; What exactly is wrong? Please stop making this horrible mistake, if you can’t use the contraction: “I’m…” then use: “I am…” It’s not hard work. The pronoun I is just one letter.
Thanks for reading.
Veebliz.
The truth is people like hardly create WhatsApp groups or forums to post educational materials but the scammers here will always do, I admire their courage. Thanks. |
Re: Some Grammatical Mistakes You Make And Things You Say Wrong. by Kobicove(m): 1:55pm On May 01, 2020 |
SeverusSnape: I always mistake 'Advise' and 'Advice'.
Verb and Noun.
Those of you that are fond of using 'Am' instead of 'I'm' or 'I am', Desist from that this corona period. English no easy sha, Thanks OP. I find it very annoying when a person starts a sentence with "Am" instead of "I'm". The irony is that must Nigerians make this mistake 2 Likes |
Re: Some Grammatical Mistakes You Make And Things You Say Wrong. by airminem(f): 2:00pm On May 01, 2020 |
sbaks: You hate some nairalanders and you want them to place orders for your facemasks? There are certain comments you don't make especially when you intend to market yourself/products Immediately. Thank me later I hate some nairalanders. Figure out the latter |
Re: Some Grammatical Mistakes You Make And Things You Say Wrong. by Phccareers: 2:02pm On May 01, 2020 |
Good one OP. The correct way to have written your title is "Some grammatical mistakes you make and things you say WRONGLY". Pls take note of this for future purposes. I left there ANGRILY not I left there angry. He acted RIGHTLY not he acted right. They did it GOOD. The above are all adverbs describing the verbs that come before them. Veebliz: Some grammatical mistakes you make and things you say wrong.
Hello, everyone. Before I shoot, I’d like you to read this:
After learning some Spanish and having to correct a lot of English in WhatsApp groups, I’ve discovered that some of us say some things wrong. Some like saying things like “English is not our language”, “Who English epp? (Who does English help?)” “Does it add money to my account?” especially when you correct them. But most of these are said out of ignorance. English is not your language, but why do you use it? English has helped a lot of people, YES! It has. Why else do we use English to teach at school? In fact, more research has been done in English than in any other language, 98% of scientific materials published today are in English, I’m not saying that other languages are inferior, but the truth is that, some people do need to stop being ignorant and face it – English really DOES matter…and YES – it can add money to your account in so many ways; you think about it.
Yeah, I feel like it’s important for me to add this: I’ve come across some Nigerians who speak English as their first tongue; I do as well, so the idea of saying English is not our language doesn’t make any sense at all. I have no problem with anybody speaking any indigenous language.
The English language is not a foreign language to Nigeria, it has mixed with our cultures in a unique way, and therefore has become ours – one of our languages, even though I don’t speak the language of my indigenous tribe, I still have some of their cultural values instilled in me, I cherish and respect them.
Aha! I must not skip this; I've interacted with Brits and Americans on the internet, so I see them make silly mistakes as well, but the ones I've written here are some of the mistakes I see my country people make often. Let’s see some of the grammatical mistakes people make and things they say wrong.
1) The verb – to make;
Of course, you would have definitely seen some people make mistakes with this verb, it’s common to hear people say things like: “This picture makes me TO remember my past.” “Eating all the time will make you TO be fat.” “If you use this medicine, it will make you TO sleep.” I am sure you’ve already spotted the mistake, right? – Yeah, I made it obvious. The verb – to make doesn’t take “to” after it, so the correct thing to say in each sentence above is: “This picture makes me remember my past.” “Eating all the time will make you (be) fat” – in this kind of sentence, it’s more common and therefore more natural to skip the verb – “be”. “If you use this medicine, it will make you sleep.” The only time it’s fine to use “TO” after the verb – to make is when it is in the passive; for example, “I was made TO kneel down yesterday at school.” NOT I was made kneel down yesterday at school.”
2) The verb – to enable;
This verb requires “to” after it, but it is so amusing that some people would leave out “to” using this verb but would use it with the verb “to make”. Here is an example: “This software will enable you TO work on your computer efficiently.” NOT “This software will enable you work on your computer efficiently.”
3) The verb – to allow;
This verb also requires “to” after it. Here is an example: “My parents will not allow me TO go out today.” NOT “My parents will not allow me go out today.”
4) The verb – to reply;
The mistakes made with this verb are pretty common, this verb is intransitive, which means it cannot go with a direct object, therefore, it needs a preposition for it to make sense, and therefore, you reply TO somebody or TO something. NOT reply somebody or something. “Why didn’t you reply my messages?” is WRONG. The correct thing is: “Why didn’t you reply TO my messages?”
5) The idiom – to be about to do something;
Hahahaha , I remember hearing someone say: “I was just about asking same thing.” Well, the correct thing is: “I was just about TO ask you THE same thing.”
6) The noun – stuff;
Yeah! This particular noun is such a pain in the ass for some people, it is uncountable, so, it cannot take an S after it and an indefinite article can’t be used with it either. “Please give me five minutes – I want to get my STUFF” NOT “Please give me five minutes – I want to get my stuffs”. “Where did you get all this stuff?” NOT “Where did you get all these stuffs?” “Where IS all my stuff?” NOT “Where are all my stuffs?” “This is good stuff.” NOT “This is a good stuff.” The only context where stuff can take an S is if it’s used as a verb: “Ade always stuffs himself with so much junk food.”
7) The nouns – slang and jargon;
English is weird, yeah…but it’s not hard. So many people make mistakes with these nouns - These nouns are uncountable – yeah you read it right; UNCOUNTABLE. I remember reading an article sometime ago, it had: “20 slangs you will hear in Nigeria” as its title: If you’ve been reading this article carefully, you will have known what is wrong with the sentence. Numbers can’t be used with uncountable nouns, so the correct thing is: “20 SLANG WORDS/EXPRESSIONS/TERMS you will hear in Nigeria”. Or simply put: “Some slang you will hear in Nigeria.” – So you can use “some” with uncountable nouns and countable nouns as well. “That is internet slang.” NOT “That is an internet slang.” “Too much slang was used in the movie.” NOT “Too many slangs were used in the movie.” “His messages were full of jargon.” NOT “His messages were full of jargons.”
8 ) The noun – information;
I don’t need to explain this, just keep it in mind that it is UNCOUNTABLE. “Thank you for that information.” NOT “Thank you for those informations” “What a wonderful piece of information!” NOT “What a wonderful information!” “I want to share some information with you.” NOT “I want to share you an information.”
9) The noun – advice;
This is uncountable as well: make sure you do not mistake it for the verb: advise. The noun is spelt with a C and the verb with an S. “I need (some) advice from you.” NOT “I need some advices from you.” NOT “I need an advice from you.”
10) All what;
If you’ve been saying this, then you need to STOP saying it! This is WRONG! It should be either: “All (that)” or “All OF what”. “All (that) I’ve been saying is that….” NOT “All what I’ve been saying is that…”
11) The noun – headache;
Just as people make mistakes with uncountable nouns, they also do the same thing with countable nouns – it’s very common to hear “I am having headache”. This sentence is wrong. It should be: “I have a headache.”
12) The noun – news;
This is an uncountable noun. “This is good news!” NOT “This is a good news!”
13) The expression – in the twinkling of an eye;
I’ve heard and seen people say: “In the twinkle of an eye.” – This is wrong of course: it should be: “In the twinkling of an eye.”
14) The famous – “I don’t get”.
Okay, I don’t want to be too annoying because I KNOW that some will get angry reading this article, but guess what? Learning never ends. We are used to saying this, but you should know that the verb – to get in this case is transitive, so it needs an object to sound okay. So I recommend that you start saying: “I don’t get IT.” Saying “I don’t get” has always sounded weird to me, I’ve asked some foreigners just to be sure it's not just me but they said it sounded weird to them as well.
15) The noun – furniture;
I usually see furniture makers put up a sign like “ABC furnitures.” This doesn’t work in English; it’s an uncountable noun, so you already know the drill. “They like playing with furniture.” NOT “They like playing with furnitures.”
I am Nigerian, so I speak more Nigerian English, I don’t hate it, I just like when people make good use of it because I know what it feels like when you murder someone's language. When I was in junior secondary school, I remember saying something wrong in Yoruba while I was playing with my friends, you needed to have seen how three of them were throwing corrections at me. ( There are so many people who care about mistakes – especially in English. These are just a few of the mistakes. I could keep on writing and writing, but I will leave it here. So, I hope this helps your English if you’ve been saying it wrong.
Ermmmm, one last thing before the final full stop: This is for people who can’t do without starting a sentence with or using “Am”; What exactly is wrong? Please stop making this horrible mistake, if you can’t use the contraction: “I’m…” then use: “I am…” It’s not hard work. The pronoun I is just one letter.
Thanks for reading.
Veebliz.
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Re: Some Grammatical Mistakes You Make And Things You Say Wrong. by Gilbertman(m): 2:03pm On May 01, 2020 |
This is enlightening and educative. A fresh burst other than the usual nairaland's topics. The more one lives, the more one learns. Good lesson here -reading through three other comments by others with deeper mastery of the English language- was that no one is absolute depository of knowledge. Thanks to the OP for making the effort. Thanks to the other three masters for chipping in. I think I know, but I knew now that I know less. I appreciate you guys! 4 Likes |
Re: Some Grammatical Mistakes You Make And Things You Say Wrong. by guy222: 2:08pm On May 01, 2020 |
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Re: Some Grammatical Mistakes You Make And Things You Say Wrong. by Phccareers: 2:08pm On May 01, 2020 |
See why you should always drop your Ego and seek to learn always. The lessons of OP are already lost on you! Otherwise, you won't have written " My primary concern is to make my listener TO understand what I mean. The second "to" isn't needed and you'd have seen that in OP's lessons if only you had patience to learn. As long as you don't speak your local dialect everyday, you are responsible for improving your English language. Mentorme: If English man can speak my language perfectly, then, I will come back to learn all those things. My primary concern is to make my listener to understand what I mean. Shikina! 2 Likes |
Re: Some Grammatical Mistakes You Make And Things You Say Wrong. by KingAzari: 2:12pm On May 01, 2020 |
SeverusSnape: I always mistake 'Advise' and 'Advice'.
Verb and Noun.
Those of you that are fond of using 'Am' instead of 'I'm' or 'I am', Desist from that this corona period. English no easy sha, Thanks OP. A colleague was once fired for using "am'' instead of "I am" in an email to a key customer. |
Re: Some Grammatical Mistakes You Make And Things You Say Wrong. by SeverusSnape(m): 2:14pm On May 01, 2020 |
KingAzari:
A colleague was once fired for using "am'' instead of "I am" in an email to a key customer. Wow!. That's harsh. He will never make this mistake again. |
Re: Some Grammatical Mistakes You Make And Things You Say Wrong. by Timijo(m): 2:18pm On May 01, 2020 |
Charles545:
Thank you, I am on track now. : Cheers � It's my pleasure. |
Re: Some Grammatical Mistakes You Make And Things You Say Wrong. by remzytimer: 2:21pm On May 01, 2020 |
Thank you anyway but this won't make a dine for someone. I know an Alhaji Dongoruwa, this man has bastard money but yet bar turechi!!! |
Re: Some Grammatical Mistakes You Make And Things You Say Wrong. by Nobody: 2:21pm On May 01, 2020 |
Ba da mua! Turanchi mai kyau kena! Sageez: Akwai da mua! turanchi tor! 1 Like |
Re: Some Grammatical Mistakes You Make And Things You Say Wrong. by mordred44: 2:26pm On May 01, 2020 |
WHY ELSE DO WE USE ENGLISH.....ok wot do i knw |