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Stop Saying "I Slept By 10pm", It's Grammatically Wrong. Here Is The Correct Thi by Mandem111: 3:24pm On Mar 25, 2022
English might be our official language but it is not our native or indigenous language, this is why making mistakes is compulsory. But it is always good that when we notice some of our mistakes we tend to correct it so that it doesn't take place in the future.

This is because when those people that originally own this language hear you say some of these things, they might think you are an uneducated person while you are. So to avoid this, it is best that you know the correct way some simples English words and phrases are used.

So in this article, my main focus is on one phase which is commonly used in almost every part of the country and that is "I slept by 10pm". Most people think that this phase is right but it is completely wrong.

Click this link to find out the correct sentence
https://www.naijagossiphub.com.ng/2022/03/stop-saying-i-slept-by-10pm-its.html?m=1

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Re: Stop Saying "I Slept By 10pm", It's Grammatically Wrong. Here Is The Correct Thi by LordIsaac(m): 3:26pm On Mar 25, 2022
grin grin grin
Re: Stop Saying "I Slept By 10pm", It's Grammatically Wrong. Here Is The Correct Thi by PointZerom: 3:32pm On Mar 25, 2022
La click la bend.

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Re: Stop Saying "I Slept By 10pm", It's Grammatically Wrong. Here Is The Correct Thi by Gentlerespect76: 3:38pm On Mar 25, 2022
Nawao, plenty things dey here oo grin

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Re: Stop Saying "I Slept By 10pm", It's Grammatically Wrong. Here Is The Correct Thi by Chiefecho(m): 3:57pm On Mar 25, 2022
Op don high I swear down

Na who for this nairaland go send English language

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Re: Stop Saying "I Slept By 10pm", It's Grammatically Wrong. Here Is The Correct Thi by 3verblazing(m): 4:01pm On Mar 25, 2022
I slept by 10pm undecided

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Re: Stop Saying "I Slept By 10pm", It's Grammatically Wrong. Here Is The Correct Thi by stamapro(m): 4:51pm On Mar 25, 2022
I went to bed by 10pm, wow! Stroke of genius

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Re: Stop Saying "I Slept By 10pm", It's Grammatically Wrong. Here Is The Correct Thi by Eddysilver(m): 4:54pm On Mar 25, 2022
OP is right. You can't say "I slept by 10pm" bcus u nor go know wen sleep carry u. Just say "I went to bed at 10pm".

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Re: Stop Saying "I Slept By 10pm", It's Grammatically Wrong. Here Is The Correct Thi by DaInferno(m): 4:56pm On Mar 25, 2022
Mandem111:
English might be our official language but it is not our native or indigenous language, this is why making mistakes is compulsory. But it is always good that when we notice some of our mistakes we tend to correct it so that it doesn't take place in the future.

This is because when those people that originally own this language hear you say some of these things, they might think you are an uneducated person while you are. So to avoid this, it is best that you know the correct way some simples English words and phrases are used.

So in this article, my main focus is on one phase which is commonly used in almost every part of the country and that is "I slept by 10pm". Most people think that this phase is right but it is completely wrong.

Click this link to find out the correct sentence
https://www.naijagossiphub.com.ng/2022/03/stop-saying-i-slept-by-10pm-its.html?m=1
diesel is now 700 per litre sad
Re: Stop Saying "I Slept By 10pm", It's Grammatically Wrong. Here Is The Correct Thi by Eddysilver(m): 4:59pm On Mar 25, 2022
PointZerom:
La click la bend.

/\ /\ /\ /\
Abeg, what does it mean.
I want to know.
Re: Stop Saying "I Slept By 10pm", It's Grammatically Wrong. Here Is The Correct Thi by KingMack(m): 5:04pm On Mar 25, 2022
I CRASH BY 10PM!!! IF YOU DON'T GERRIT THEN FORGET ABORITT angry grin

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Re: Stop Saying "I Slept By 10pm", It's Grammatically Wrong. Here Is The Correct Thi by princeemmma(m): 5:44pm On Mar 25, 2022
Why should i stop saying "I slept by 10:30", should i be telling lie, i really slept by 10:30 now grin grin
Re: Stop Saying "I Slept By 10pm", It's Grammatically Wrong. Here Is The Correct Thi by Josbreed: 6:38pm On Mar 25, 2022
Op, you are mental. How will you start a story without ending it, expecting me to click. La click la fire.

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Re: Stop Saying "I Slept By 10pm", It's Grammatically Wrong. Here Is The Correct Thi by Nobody: 7:18pm On Mar 25, 2022
stamapro:
I went to bed by 10pm, wow! Stroke of genius

Slept at 10 pm
Re: Stop Saying "I Slept By 10pm", It's Grammatically Wrong. Here Is The Correct Thi by Harry00(m): 7:26pm On Mar 25, 2022
Eddysilver:
OP is right. You can't say "I slept by 10pm" bcus u nor go know wen sleep carry u. Just say "I went to bed at 10pm".
this an English class sir
Re: Stop Saying "I Slept By 10pm", It's Grammatically Wrong. Here Is The Correct Thi by illicit(m): 8:19pm On Mar 25, 2022
By 10pm I don off
Re: Stop Saying "I Slept By 10pm", It's Grammatically Wrong. Here Is The Correct Thi by nike4love: 9:13pm On Mar 25, 2022
Click gbuogi there
Re: Stop Saying "I Slept By 10pm", It's Grammatically Wrong. Here Is The Correct Thi by Tonymegabush1(m): 10:59pm On Mar 25, 2022
The truth of the matter be say. "He actually slept by 10pm,"
Re: Stop Saying "I Slept By 10pm", It's Grammatically Wrong. Here Is The Correct Thi by WoundedLamb: 11:22pm On Mar 25, 2022
For clarity, using "by" with time is not entirely wrong. It just doesn't have the same meaning as "at".

"By" means "on or before"/"at or before". For example, the sentence "I will have slept off by 10PM" simply means I'd likely sleep off at 10PM or anytime before but not later than 10PM. Another good example is "be back by Monday". In this case, you can come back anytime before Monday or on Monday but not later. One thing to remember is that "by" is usually associated with the end of an activity, something that has ended or will have ended.

"At", on the other hand, is used for a specific point in time. For example, "the bell rang at 12PM".

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Re: Stop Saying "I Slept By 10pm", It's Grammatically Wrong. Here Is The Correct Thi by Mrkumareze(m): 11:56pm On Mar 25, 2022
Harry00:
this an English class sir

And you are starting a sentence with a small letter T shocked

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Re: Stop Saying "I Slept By 10pm", It's Grammatically Wrong. Here Is The Correct Thi by Danielepum2000(m): 12:38am On Mar 26, 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1smPI8pn1Fw
This would help you
Re: Stop Saying "I Slept By 10pm", It's Grammatically Wrong. Here Is The Correct Thi by Keegan: 4:36am On Mar 26, 2022
Mandem111:
English might be our official language but it is not our native or indigenous language, this is why making mistakes is compulsory inevitable. But it is always good that when we notice some of our mistakes we tend to correct it so that it doesn't take place in the future.

This is because when those people that originally own this language hear you say some of these things, they might think you are an uneducated person while you are. So to avoid this, it is best that you know the correct way some simples English words and phrases are used.

So in this article, my main focus is on one phase which is commonly used in almost every part of the country and that is "I slept by 10pm". Most people think that this phase is right but it is completely wrong.

Click this link to find out the correct sentence
https://www.naijagossiphub.com.ng/2022/03/stop-saying-i-slept-by-10pm-its.html?m=1

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Re: Stop Saying "I Slept By 10pm", It's Grammatically Wrong. Here Is The Correct Thi by iLoveYouToo(m): 4:47am On Mar 26, 2022
Danielepum2000:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1smPI8pn1Fw
This would help you


Sex tape on YouTube? You must be a learner
Re: Stop Saying "I Slept By 10pm", It's Grammatically Wrong. Here Is The Correct Thi by adefitim(m): 8:33am On Mar 26, 2022
Okay I will read this post by 10am
Re: Stop Saying "I Slept By 10pm", It's Grammatically Wrong. Here Is The Correct Thi by peyweb: 9:34am On Mar 26, 2022
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Re: Stop Saying "I Slept By 10pm", It's Grammatically Wrong. Here Is The Correct Thi by sinkhole: 12:04pm On Mar 26, 2022
Eddysilver:
OP is right. You can't say "I slept by 10pm" bcus u nor go know wen sleep carry u. Just say "I went to bed at 10pm".
OK, what if I say, "I slept, around 10pm"?
Re: Stop Saying "I Slept By 10pm", It's Grammatically Wrong. Here Is The Correct Thi by PARADIZEPRIEST: 12:13pm On Mar 26, 2022
"You slept at 10pm" is the correct thing.You ppl no dey read these days na to dance skelewu una sabi. undecidedDumb generation with torn jeans sense.It a pity.
Re: Stop Saying "I Slept By 10pm", It's Grammatically Wrong. Here Is The Correct Thi by musicwriter(m): 2:06pm On Mar 26, 2022
Mandem111:
English might be our official language but it is not our native or indigenous language, this is why making mistakes is compulsory. But it is always good that when we notice some of our mistakes we tend to correct it so that it doesn't take place in the future.

This is because when those people that originally own this language hear you say some of these things, they might think you are an uneducated person while you are. So to avoid this, it is best that you know the correct way some simples English words and phrases are used.

So in this article, my main focus is on one phase which is commonly used in almost every part of the country and that is "I slept by 10pm". Most people think that this phase is right but it is completely wrong.

There's nothing wrong with saying "I slept by 10pm" as long as we can define it.

That's the Nigerian way of saying that same thing you're telling us.

In the USA, they have so many of such phrases. Example:-

Hey buddy = Hello my friend

To hang tight = To wait patiently

To ride shotgun = To ride in the front seat next to the driver

The only reason you feel the Nigerian phrase is wrong is because we're slaves to the English language, and as such, we have been stopped from thinking out our thoughts organically. Indeed, that's what you're instituting here whether you understand it or not. But the purpose of language is to perpetually expand one's thought horizon without an elastic limit. Once this can't be done, once there's a ceiling to thought, once there's a preferred foreign alternative, once there's a foreign authority to defer to, we become intellectually enslaved and incapable of culturally inspired original thought. The grand result is that any time we want to know or do something for ourselves in Africa, we defer to foreign authority. This is the same thing foreign religions (Christianity and Islam) achieves in Africa but in a different way. And that's the WORST thing that could happen to a human being or a culture.

My people perish for lack of knowledge.....

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