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Art, Graphics & Video › Where Can I Learn Video Editing by BinamRex(op): 3:19pm On Aug 07, 2022

Please, where can I learn video editing in Benin city, Edo state, somewhere close to Ugbor G.R.A.

I want to learn Adobe Premiere Pro

Fashion › Re: National Assembly Proposes To Criminalise Cross-Dressing In Nigeria by BinamRex: 4:15pm On Aug 04, 2022

I know it's repugnant to see men dressed like women, but is this bill what our senators should be debating at this time?

How about impeaching Buhari. It's been revealed that Buhari is giving our hard-earned money to Niger Republic when poverty is choking us here. Shouldn't they discuss this at the National Assembly?

Politics › Re: Why Buhari Is More Loyal To Niger Republic Than Nigeria By Farooq Kperogi by BinamRex: 4:11pm On Aug 04, 2022

Everlastingson:
You're absolutely correct. I also don't like hearing people say Buhari won reelection in 2019. Truth is no one voted for him the 2nd time. INEC and Emilokan rigged the election in 2019 for Buhari.

Exactly.

Crime › Re: Uduak-Abasi Akpan Sentenced To Death For Murder Of Iniubong Umoren by BinamRex: 1:33pm On Aug 04, 2022

Obio4real:
By Obio Monday

Source: https://www.grassrootreportersng.com/2022/08/breaking-iniubongs-death-court-sentence-uduak-abasi-akpan-to-death-for-murdering-job-seeker.html

He should be put to death at once. Don't waste tax payers' money feeding the heartless bastard.

Politics › Re: Why Buhari Is More Loyal To Niger Republic Than Nigeria By Farooq Kperogi by BinamRex: 1:30pm On Aug 04, 2022

YinkaOlusesi16:
i dont blame buhari, i blame those who voted him for 2nd term. i swear fulanis will never rule this country again.

Buhari lost the 2019 presidential election. The election was rigged in his favour.

I hate it when people say he won re-election in 2019.

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Politics › Re: FG Confirms Purchase Of N1.4 Billion Worth Of Vehicles For Niger Republic by BinamRex: 8:03pm On Aug 03, 2022

AcuraZDX:
Source:
https://www.channelstv.com/2022/08/03/fg-confirms-purchase-of-n1-4-billion-worth-of-vehicles-for-niger-republic/

And they said Nigeria is broke. We can afford to give a sovereign country such largesse, but our people suffer untold hardship.

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Romance › Re: Why It's Wrong To Say, "I Don't Double Date". by BinamRex(op): 3:26pm On Aug 01, 2022

christianjoy:
More like double Bleep

Travel › Re: Osun: The Cheapest State To Live In The South by BinamRex: 12:41pm On Aug 01, 2022

Femifasola:
Only Ogun state does that rubbish. I don't even know where they learnt it from

This could be true. I have never heard about ritual killings in Osun state

Romance › Re: Why It's Wrong To Say, "I Don't Double Date". by BinamRex(op): 12:23pm On Aug 01, 2022

Medianna:
English too hard na.
It has too many vocabularies

True, English is really hard. That's why you should subscribe to the channel so you can learn one or two things.

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Romance › Re: Why It's Wrong To Say, "I Don't Double Date". by BinamRex(op): 12:16pm On Aug 01, 2022

Persephone1:
So many words we use incorrectly in Nigeria. But we understand ourselves

Yeah, true cheesy

Like "flash", " cousin sister or cousin brother", "take light", " bring light", etc.

Sub to the channel, please

Romance › Re: Why It's Wrong To Say, "I Don't Double Date". by BinamRex(op): 12:14pm On Aug 01, 2022

fman:
thanks alot for the enlightment.

You are welcome. Subscribe, please

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Politics › Re: Buhari Placed Travel Bans On El-zakzaky And His Wife - Shi'ites by BinamRex: 11:31am On Aug 01, 2022

That's all he knows how to do: going after the wrong people when we have bandits and terrorists threatening our existence.

Romance › Why It's Wrong To Say, "I Don't Double Date". by BinamRex(op): 11:28am On Aug 01, 2022

The word ''double date" is commonly used by Nigerian ladies to mean:

1. They can't cheat on their partner or boyfriend.

OR

2. They don't want to date two guys at a time.

Do you know that "double date" doesn't denote cheating or infidelity?

The dictionary defines "double date" thus:

a date for two couples.

VERB (intransitive)
to take part in a date involving two couples. Example:
She and Shuman double-date with an elderly couple they've befriended.

You can see that the word doesn't denote cheating or unfaithfulness.

It should be a crime to take a word from another man's language and give it a different meaning. grin

How would we feel if the white man changes the meaning of "jollof" to mean "fight". As in, Taye and Chuks jollofed (they fought) grin

So which word can you use to say you don't want to cheat on your partner or boyfriend if someone asks you out on a date?

Watch this video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gUI1EDjT0M

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Education › Re: Is It "Grinded Pepper" Or "Ground Pepper"? by BinamRex(op): 10:45am On Aug 01, 2022

MISSCONGENIALITY:
It is dusty pepper or powdered pepper.

Education › Re: Is It "Grinded Pepper" Or "Ground Pepper"? by BinamRex(op): 10:44am On Aug 01, 2022

KosiGee:
Of course there is something like ‘grounded’ in English language but it doesn’t apply and can not be used in the context of the topic you are discussing above. It can used when you want to describe someone as sensible and mentally stable…Eg. BinamRex is well grounded…it also applies to an aircraft when it has been prevented from flying…Eg…Alhaji BinamRex’s challenger jet has been grounded by the Federal ministry of Aviation.

Alhaji BinamRex's... grin

Your contribution is noted and appreciated. Thanks

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Education › Re: Is It "Grinded Pepper" Or "Ground Pepper"? by BinamRex(op): 10:42am On Aug 01, 2022

KosiGee:
Of course there is something like ‘grounded’ in English language but it doesn’t apply and can not be used in the context of the topic you are discussing above. It can used when you want to describe someone as sensible and mentally stable…Eg. BinamRex is well grounded…it also applies to an aircraft when it has been prevented from flying…Eg…Alhaji BinamRex’s challenger jet has been grounded by the Federal ministry of Aviation.

You are absolutely right. I thought everyone would understand that I meant "there is nothing like 'grounded' as the past tense and past participle of 'grind'."

"Grounded" as an adjective also means not allowed to leave the house because you are being punished. Example: He was grounded for talking back to his mum.

It also means "based on good evidence or good reasons".

Education › Re: Is It "Grinded Pepper" Or "Ground Pepper"? by BinamRex(op): 10:24am On Aug 01, 2022

Iretii0511:
Like I said, that words do not collocate does not necessarily make their usage incorrect. Collocation is simply put, words that are generally used together and has now become popular that they are no longer considered unmarked or idiomatic.

I agree.

Education › Re: Is It "Grinded Pepper" Or "Ground Pepper"? by BinamRex(op): 9:08am On Aug 01, 2022

Iretii0511:
Collocation doesn’t make a phrase incorrect. For example, while powerful collocate with car, it doesn’t mean you can’t say it’s a “strong car”.

If two words that do not collocate are used together, the phrase is definitely wrong.

The Oxford dictionary doesn't even show that "powerful" and "car" collocate. These are the collocations I saw: "incredibly powerful", " powerful nation", "powerful figure", " powerful force", "powerful tool", " powerful influence" and "powerful message".

It doesn't mean that a " powerful car" is incorrect. What it means is that the car is effective. But can you say "a powerful house"? It won't make sense.

You can say " a strong car", but it won't be wrong to say "a sturdy car" even though sturdy and strong are synonymous.

Another example is "granulated". The word is an adjective and it means having tiny particles, e.g " granulated sugar. Even if a ground pepper has tiny particles, we can't say "granulated pepper"

Two words can have similar meanings but they may not be used to modify or describe the same noun.

Education › Re: Is It "Grinded Pepper" Or "Ground Pepper"? by BinamRex(op): 8:25am On Aug 01, 2022

EMEKAodogwu1:
Ok. Tnx

You are welcome

Education › Re: Is It "Grinded Pepper" Or "Ground Pepper"? by BinamRex(op): 8:25am On Aug 01, 2022

nijaomegacode:
Grind - present tense.
Ground - past tense.
It ground pepper.

It's not the past tense you are supposed to use. It's the past participle. They have same form though.

Education › Re: Is It "Grinded Pepper" Or "Ground Pepper"? by BinamRex(op): 8:23am On Aug 01, 2022

BanevsJoker:
Good job.

Thanks a lot

Education › Re: Is It "Grinded Pepper" Or "Ground Pepper"? by BinamRex(op): 6:10am On Aug 01, 2022

EMEKAodogwu1:
So is this correct: I have found my misplaced books

I think it's wrong. The reason is that "misplaced" is an adjective and its meaning is different from the verb "misplace".

It's not all the time that the past participle of verbs should be used as adjectives. The past participle of " misplace" is "misplaced", but there is also another word called " misplaced" and it's an adjective and the meaning is quite different from the meaning of the verb "misplace".

There won't be any need for adjectives if we can use the past participle of all verbs as adjectives.

Beaten children
Questioned suspects
Watched movies
Seen notes
Eaten food

Look at the examples above. Are they not ridiculous?

Education › Re: Is It "Grinded Pepper" Or "Ground Pepper"? by BinamRex(op): 5:28am On Aug 01, 2022

lathrowinger:
How about Ginger, tumeric and all that.

Will I say Ground ginger?

Or

grounded ginger?

Or

Grind ginger?

Or

Grinded ginger?

Or

Milled ginger?

I need answer plZ

There is nothing like "grounded" in English. The past participle of "grind" is "ground". Since we can only use the past participle of cooking verbs to describe or modify nouns, then it's" ground ginger".

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Celebrities › Re: Ebenezer Obey's Son, Olayinka, Is Dead by BinamRex: 10:28pm On Jul 31, 2022

May his soul rest in peace

Education › Re: Is It "Grinded Pepper" Or "Ground Pepper"? by BinamRex(op): 8:36pm On Jul 31, 2022

daxon001:
Check my alaye up there

I have checked.

Education › Re: Is It "Grinded Pepper" Or "Ground Pepper"? by BinamRex(op): 8:35pm On Jul 31, 2022

daxon001:
Ok here is the gist.
A man that is made (is a statement that has the predicate IS MADE) nb: MADE is past participle.
but you can describe him as a MADE MAN turning the MADE to adjective....

Same with what you have.
Pepper that is grinded/ground (past participle)
But can then be GROUND PEPPER. It's more appropriate. GRINDED is obsolete past participle.

U getit?

Hmmmm...are you insinuating that the simple past and past participle of "grind" used to be "grinded" but it is now obsolete?

I don't know about this. I have to do some research.

Education › Re: Is It "Grinded Pepper" Or "Ground Pepper"? by BinamRex(op): 7:57pm On Jul 31, 2022

There is something called "collocation" in English. That is why you can't say "granulated pepper". " granulated" and "pepper" do not collocate.

That's also why you can say "powdered milk" but you can't say "powdered pepper or powdered sugar".

Education › Re: Is It "Grinded Pepper" Or "Ground Pepper"? by BinamRex(op): 7:28pm On Jul 31, 2022

Tokskob2008:
Nah... We call it Ata gungun.

Education › Re: Is It "Grinded Pepper" Or "Ground Pepper"? by BinamRex(op): 7:28pm On Jul 31, 2022

BanevsJoker:
Ground is the past tense of grind.

"ground" is also the past participle.

Simple present= grind
Simple past= ground
Past participle= ground

Even though the simple past and the past participle have the same form, it is the past participle form you are using when you say "ground pepper". The reason is that the simple past cannot be used as an adjective, only the past participle.

Here is a better example

Simple present: break
Simple past: broke
Past participle: broken

You can't say " broke glasses", but you can say "broken glasses". You can't use the past tense as an adjective to describe a noun, but you can use the past participle as an adjective.

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Education › Re: Is It "Grinded Pepper" Or "Ground Pepper"? by BinamRex(op): 7:13pm On Jul 31, 2022

Vyzz:

We yorubas call it graduated pepper

Education › Re: Is It "Grinded Pepper" Or "Ground Pepper"? by BinamRex(op): 7:12pm On Jul 31, 2022

Flamez01:
;DWhat about powdered pepper? :DWhat about powdered pepper?

This is a very interesting question. I honestly don't know if "powdered pepper" is correct.

Does "powdered" collocate with "pepper"? We can say " powdered milk", or "powdered chalk", but I don't think " powdered pepper" is correct. And I say this because I don't think they collocate.

I think "ground pepper" is the acceptable phrase.

I'd love to read a contrary opinion.

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