₦airaland Forum

scholes0:
Keep deceiving yourself.
Ashawo no be work ooo.... Esosa, Chioma, Osas, and Ezinne go and get honest jobs.

donbenedict:
Does Buhari still "do" aisha?

ichommy:
Lasgidi

South West Don get Oyel.

See Oil well


Proudly Afonja

canDy4eva:
What bt Haliboton...

snazzy5050:
Todays my birthday nairalanders pls show some love

drss2:
hahahahahahahahaha very funy.
''those who elect buari as president will end up as casualties of his govt''.
''those who brought d beast to power will end up in d belle of d beast''. - Prophet Fayose.

Drabeey:
Nice move baba, another job opportunity in the making.

You'll always be my man.

Anyways


Drabeey was here.

shizzleStar:
Amen!

and may God deliver you from mumu followership. You forgot to tell me what your 'daddy' said, I thought you lots now quote your daddy and not the Bible?

Please excuse me!

afroxyz:
If I was your husband, I go son cheat on you Tey tey

shizzleStar:
This PASTORPRENEUR should simply shut it already.

Who is he trying to impress? Really! his gullible members or who?

Someone please tell this senile, deceptive, hypocrite to STFU.

Nonsense!

Rapmoney:
As humans, we learn new things everyday. Only a dead man that doesn't learn and the foolish man picks offence unnecessarily when he's corrected! I'm not perfect and you, yes, you over there, reading this, can't be too. We all learn but it's good you share the knowledge you have because there could be others out there who might need whatever you have to share. You can also learn from what others have to share. Below are 10 common grammatical blunders we make in Nigeria when speaking:

1) 'Who is that'? People often ask this question when they hear a knock on their door. The proper question to ask should be: 'Who is it'? This is because you don't know who's at your door. It's even preferable to ask: 'Who be that'? At least, we know you are speaking Pidgin English

2) Answering a question with just a simple YES or NO only. This is very wrong. Example1: 'Do you work on Sundays'? Instead of answering 'No', you should say 'No, I don't'. Example2: 'Do you know him'? Instead of saying just 'Yes' if you know who the first speaker is referring to, you should say 'Yes, I do'. That makes it a complete answer.

3) Using the word 'offer' in school subjects. Many teachers make this terrible mistake!!! You would hear statements like 'My students don't offer Literature' or 'If you know you are not offering Government, leave the class'. WRONG!!! Students don't OFFER subjects; they TAKE subjects! To offer means to give or present something to someone. Does it mean you are presenting something to Literature or Government? Naija teachers, una no go kill person!

4) Using a plural verb for collective pronouns: 'Everybody ARE coming'. EVERYBODY is a collective pronoun. Collective pronouns (Collective nouns inclusive), carry a singular verb which is 'IS' and not 'ARE'. Many people also make the mistake of adding 'S' to staff, when addressing a collection of workers in an organisation. Don't say 'All the staffs in this firm'. Instead, say 'All the staff in this firm'.

5) 'I want to buy COOK egg' (Lol, not even cooked egg! ). It's a common blunder when we go to the neighbourhood shop. Bros, it's either you are buying a boiled egg or one that is not cooked (raw) because even the one that's fried is cooked!

6) 'The shoes do not size me'. Wrong!!! 'SIZE', in this context, is a noun! It cannot function as a verb here. The correct way to say this is: 'The shoes do not fit me' or 'The shoes are not my size'. You can still say 'The shoes are over-sized or under-sized'.

7) 'My stomach or my head is paining me'. WRONG! It's not only a terrible mistake to make grammatically; it's also a useless statement!!! Why add ING to PAIN to create a verb that's not only useless but non-existent? You can say 'My stomach aches' or 'I feel pain in my stomach'.

The following are more of Oral English (correct pronunciation; that's speaking right).

Pronouncing FEBRUARY as 'FEBUARY'. When you pronounce this word, the 'U' and 'A' are to be silent. Pronounce it as if you are saying 'FEBRY'.

9) When you pronounce WEDNESDAY, the 'D' should be silent. It should come as 'WENSDAY'.

10) When you pronounce POLICE, the 'O' should be silent. It should come as 'Plice'.

Godbless!

herzern:
NCAN......Oyo state chapter chairman!...

Brains.....We qot it....

Intellectual prowess....We own it...


We arent UGANDANS