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In most countries, sixty-one percent of married women bring in house helps into their home. There is good in bringing house help to your home, however, there is more harm than good. Let's point out some of the sour part of bringing house helps into your matrimonial home, to perhaps, escape your rightful duties as mother, and inversely, a wife.
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1. Whose kids. Most mothers will use subterfuges that they are the working-class and have less time to care for their children and that was what arose the need for a house help. As a mother, your job should not be a hindrance to your upbringing of a (your) child. If the job becomes too disturbing, find a better one that may spare you time. At least, you may work during school hours or better still, be self employed. These children at tender age need more of mum.
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2. Kids on market. Yes, I liken it to putting your kids for sale and when the best bidder rides by, you will be sorry for yourself. Go into the internet and see what house helps do to their boss' kids and how they ruin the family. So far, they are the ones responsible feeding the kids while you are away, and even your husband, maybe. I wonder, how do you think sb would feel seeing another as superior over her when the keys to unlock superiority over the latter lies awake in her hands?
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3. My husband, your husband. Ha ha, it's not funny but you may already be thinking what I'm thinking; you are away for about nineteen hours in twenty-four hours and your house help is twenty-four hours with the kids and husband. What do you think wud happen when your husband needs you and.., he can't even find you around his every needs? Don't be surprise to return one day to notice that your house help is now the house wife (because that's what you made her) and you, become the house maid.
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4. Who mothers the children and murders the real motherhood. Truth has it that a child's bond to their mother starts from childhood, don't sell it because of a job you could retain when lose but can not recover that bond when unattended to.
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My advice to women is, they should drive steering clear of house helps and build their family as they want. The phrase '[color=chocolate]had I known[/color]' is usually you knowing and hiding the truth afore now. Be wise, be discreet, be decisive, so you won't be chasing monkeys and lose the bananas.
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Origin: http://chatinent.com.ng/index.php?act=ST&f=17&t=334&st=0#entry614

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Some words misused by Nigerians and even the learned.
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1. And Also.
Sentence example: [s]Go to my house and bring my pen, and also bring my book.[/s]
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“And also” is redundant; say just “and” or “also.” Using both makes one constructs a bad sentence, or poorly constructed sentence. To attain proficiency in English as language, we must learn to avoid making these types of mistakes.
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2. So therefore.
Sentence example: [s]Adding both will equal two, so therefore, we minus.[/s]
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When "so" and "therefore" are implemented as conjunctions, a choice must be made between them, not using both adjacent to another.
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3. Insulting and Insultive. People have lampoooned 'insultive' being a word nut really really, it is a word. When sb uses insulting words on you, they are being insultive. However, do use 'insulting.'
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4. You can give me an information. Hello? An information?
You say give me some information or give me a piece of information . Information as a word is an uncountable noun and should be treated as such.
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Origin: http://chatinent.com.ng/index.php?showtopic=332&st=0&#entry612
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1. Cured from. An ill persons get cured of the illness and not otherwise.
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2. Deprived from. You get deprived of your right not deprived from them.

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3. Die from. When sb gets sick and dies, they die of an ailment and not from it.
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NOTE: Humans die of illness,of hunger,of thirst,of or from wounds; from over work,by violence,by the sword,by pestilence, in battle, for their country,for a cause,through neglect,on the scaffold,at the stake.
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4. Indifferent from. Sb can only be indifferent to sth or sb not otherwise.
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5. It is brisket bone not biscuit bone. Naija, haba!
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6. You get accused of sth, not accused for it.
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7. You get accustomed to and not with sth.
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8. You get ashamed of sth and not ashamed for/on it.
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9. You get anxious about sth and not anxious by/to it.
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10. You get angry with sb or sth and not angry for/against.
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- We get angry with a person, however, angry at a thing: He was at the dog not with with the dog.
- you also get annoyed with sb/sth, vexed with, indignant with a person, but at a thing.
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11. You aim at sb/sth not to it. Always use the preposition at to talk about direction.
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12. You boast for sth and not boast about it.
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13. You congratulate sb on sth and not for sth.
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14. You get covered with sth and not by it.
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15. You become glad about sth not of/from sth.
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16. You become independent of [/b]sb/sth not from them.
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17. And, you become [b]dependant on sb/sth not by/of them.
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18. You insist on doing sth not insist to doing it.
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19. You persist sb in doing sth not persist them on doing sth.
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20. You become jealous of sb or sth not jealous from them.
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21. You leave for a place not to a place.
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22. You live on sth not from sth.
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Also, you gaze at, stare at, etc. But: look after (= take care of), look for (=try to find), look over (=examine), look into (=examine closely), look on or upon (=consider), look down on (=have a low opinion of), look up to (=respect), look out for (=expect), look forward to (= expect with pleasure),
Look to (= rely on).
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24. You get interested in sb or sth, not on them.
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25. You guard against sth/sb not from them.
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26. You are Bad at, clever at, quick at, slow at, doing sth and not otherwise.
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27. Sb cannot be plumpy in nature, they can only be plump.
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28. You prefer sth/sb to sth/sb and not prefer sth/sb from sb/sth.
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Bonus: Abeg, Enugu guys, it ls not 'baby, you are my hall and hall.' The word is all.
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Origin: http://chatinent.com.ng/index.php?act=ST&f=33&t=333&st=0#entry613
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katyamizotta:
Amazing. Thank you Chatinent.
l didn't think much of English Language until I had to write IELTS.

You are welcome.

Thanks for the suggestions.

Thanks y'll.
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suremanpatriot:
Are u a grad of eng? Kudos
...here is an addition to ya list.
Ppl should stop using "so therefore", or "and also" ...

Thanks.

Thanks for reading.

Hello there,
These corrections are to be applied formally, no one rebuked its informal status.
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All and sundry are longing to startup an online forum. Yes, it is a business living online and money source too, but, have you all it takes? How and what has made greater website owners suceed?
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1. Thoughtland. This is the first stage of your journey. Think, think, what really are you focusing on? For instance, Chatinent is for advice. This part should be considered first. If you have decided, now think of naming your forum. Be short and precise in a way somebody will easily remember the name when you tell them.
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2. Buy a domain name. In fact, this is where all seriousness lies. If you used a subdomain, it may seem unprofessional to your users and onlookers. Buy a domain name like .com, .com.ng, .net, .ng, .org etc. By so doing everyone will surely know you have come to stay. Besides, search engines will top-rank you above sub--domains.
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3. Choose a forum software. There exist many forum software to choose: SMF, PHPBB, MyBB, IPB among others. You may also use a free host that offer any of the host above. I will advise you don't use Forumotion, they delete forums as they like should you go against a rule, accidentally or not, without minding your content level, and you may never recover it back! There are very few trustworthy free forum host. Some don't even offer database backup so you will never have to leave. The only free host I can suggest is JFH (Jcink Forum Hosting). Mind you, JFH has premium packages you could upgrade to, however, you can always choose to remain free for life.
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4. Setting your forum with charisma. Set up your forum, create boards, section. Take your time to set it first. Every kid could do this part!

- Stop trying to make your site a clone of another. Yes, never heard this before? Do wonder, why will people relax on your site when they know you are trying to be another which they know already? Dear dear, make your site special so others will want to copy its style.
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- You cannot start making money initially so stop using deceptive means to bring users. What would you gain to get them and they never return? In place, offer sth. Place moderator jobs with salaries. You must spend to gain here.
- Don't always post copied contents. My dear, stop seeking big contents. Your content count doesn't matter. What matter is what each contains.
- Nobody cares you want to make money. Yes, nobody cares! Unfortunately, you are the only one caring. So, start caring about what your members and viewers care about, not what you think or care. You may say: 'I care about my members' .., my dear, you lie, you only care about how you could make quick money. It doesn't happen that way. Work first, with time you will grow naturally and money starts flooding like forever.
- Create social platforms like pages and groups on social networks about your page and always share your contents to them.
- I didn't say 'submit site to search engines' right? It doesn't matter these days. To search engines will always fetch you by contents.

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5. Update! Update yourself! Update your members! Update your forum! Update your online earth!
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Origin: http://chatinent.com.ng/index.php?act=ST&f=43&t=322&st=0#entry578

elfmann:
Really?

Yes.

kbzee11:
Nice one
...but since English no be my Mama language, if I speak am another person understand, then I have passed a message...

This is for formality. But sure, if you speak am, person grab, you are valid.

Sanctecosma:
"poisonous expressions" Has anyone ever been reported dead for making such expressions or listened to them.
Thanks for your observations and corrections though.

No, no one has been reported dead. It isn't a third-party killer; it kills the speaker alone. It is figuratively drifted. Thanks.

benikad:
I really love this

We appreciate.

lomprico:
Op, I totally disagree on #1 point.

If penniless is acceptable, so should koboless . We use naira and kobo here not pound and penny.

Some slang are accepted generally while others are not and regarded as grammatical solecisms.

OrestesDante:
Yes... But they surely don't have the same meaning

Oh yes, they do not.

elfmann:
You can say drool soup.. Draw soup is wrong.

DROOL is wrong. It strictly means saliva dropping from the mouth. Thanks for reading.

Homeboiy:
your number 9 should be

I heard it over the radio

You are right, also.

chiraqDemon:
Abeg waiter gimme 5 roasted chicken dia, give op him own 3 roasted chicken dia. Add cold satzenbrau o. HE is on point

Laughs. My friend, we dey watch you and the waiter.. You are valid.

olawaletimi:
A Good tutorial to start the day with.

Thanks, we are happy you found it inspiring.

Grammer is truly truly a mispelling for Grammar in most cases. However, 'grammer' is in fact, a word!
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Do you know? Yes, it is indeed true.
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Grammer is a proper noun (plural Grammers) which means a surname. Enjoy.
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Origin: http://chatinent.com.ng/index.php?act=ST&f=33&t=321

Keneking:
Mynd44 day don't break oh

no mind the old boy. Baba still dey snore.

femi4:
Koboless is a slang. Grinded exist anyway

It is now outdated.

Translation: This soup is ingredient-stuffed sticky.

Yeligray:
DAH... THIS ENGLISH DEY CONFUSE PERSON. CAN SOMEONE INTERPRET: "THIS SOUP DRAW" IN ENGLISH?

lilbest4:
No.5 Is wrong. "Roasted" is a participle not a verb.
Participle can either be present or past. Syntactically, participle can function as adjective or adverb Example
"Spoken English" not "Spoke English"
"Written Literature".

The past participle functions as an adjective. "Roasted chicken", " burnt bread", "boiled egg" are all correct syntactically

Verb forms differ. 'Roast' should only be used referring to meat and food items.

aooyelami:
Good job.


Honk is actually the collocate for horn.
Honk the horn

You are so right, too.