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shoerack6: I don't even want to explain what happened cos if I do, u people will help me insult him.
Ok, let me explain. Hubby is a tribalist. He said he doesn't like me speaking this particular language and that's the language I use when communicating with my family.
So yesterday, my aunty called. I tried as much as possible not to speak this language so was just answering her hun, ehn ehn but at the same time I don't want him to think i'm talking with someone I don't want him to know, so I decided to ask after her son in the language. That's where the trouble started oo.
I'm so sick and tired of all this. When I tried begging, he asked me to leave his presence and that was when I asked him if he was trying to frustrate me. He now said these days that my mouth is becoming too sharp and even threatened to slap me.

My sister, I will tell you how I was able to stop this same attitude. Please make such you are not at fault then do this

1. Never say anything or do anything that will cause you to apologise later ( mind what you say or do so that it does not happen that you disrespected your husband)

2. Do not talk to him at that time, although it may be hard but carry on with you life as if he does not exist

3. Always try and be happy or forge it even if you are not but do not dwell on what ever caused the issue.

4. Do not discuss your husband's attitude with bad friends/relatives because they can poison your mind against him

5. Against all learn to pray for your husband, that is the secret. But don't forget to pray for yourself to be the best wife ever.

kingagropro1: @favour: you are wrong. Equipment here means that u shd mention a few of the equipment you will need. Not just a single one. They allotted all of the space in that field for that reason.

U just wake

utimatedes: They have not started marking ok. They just want to give everyone enough chance and there is more to it than you think.

As they have extended the time let me talk for a while. Please how did u know that they havent started marking and what is more to it

stagger: Like I said, people should answer that particular question anyway they deem fit. I feel the mistake is from the YouWIN staff that structured the questions. Many of those questions are kind of vague and should have been structured better.

As for someone asking whether I dey give am food to chop, that is a sign of an inferiority complex and has completely nothing to do with the question being asked. With 10 days to go I would expect people to be more concerned with submissions now than engaging in a war of words here.

So final word: answer the question as the Spirit of God gives you understanding.

You funny die, make you and your type no just they spoil Nairalanders happy mood. Abeg, i go throwaway salute now and come back when i don collect my money with presidential handshake to go with it

Merry Christmas and glorious new year ahead. 2014, Money Must Change Hands

fagin1982: I believe your judgement/explanation -
Another Example is STAFF ,there is nothing like staffs. , It can be used as singular and plural but what differentiates the meaning in a sentence is the word that comes before It


Example
I love THESE staff of yours ,they network very well

I love THIS staff of yours ,He is a team player

Please tell me about THESE staff
Please tell me about THIS Staff

Thank you!

omode2: Madam take it cool av been followin this, guy is sayin d truth bt u r biased towards him. There no such word like equipments, i had to correct someone abt that. Just admit u were wrong nobody is perfect we learn everyday even d English man is still learnin d language.

I think I now understand that people do need some specified glasses and thinking cap to be able to relate on soical media. I just wonder why I would be biased towards him. First na him they give me food to chop? Or they pay my bills?

I don't seee something that is blue and call is black because I want to please someone. I replied someone who asked a question and he was quoting me. You could as well say what you understand by the question. Moreover, did you read the question that is causing this controvesy which is 'Describe THIS equipment' they specified what they wanted a singular form of the equipment

Please I beg us all, tell people the truth, they trust us enough to depend on our answers and help. If you are born to win this Youwin, God will make it happen. I rest my case!!!!!!!!

stagger: Every answer I give here is stemmed from the proposal I wrote for my sister which won in YouWIN 2. I did not start speaking English until I was 4 yrs old from what my parents told me. So it is left for you to decide if the question is asking about ONE equipment, or SEVERAL equipment. There is no word in English like "equipments".

They would have said These equipment. Even if you wrote for your sister, it does mean that what you wrote is right or wrong. My own is, if we wish to explain something to someone, let's be good enough to tell me the truth and make life easier for them.

"Equipment is what is called a mass noun, a collective noun, or a noncount noun. Collective nouns are nouns that refer to a group. Both a singular verb or a plural verb can be used after a mass noun. A singular verb is chosen if the writer thinks of the group as a single unit and a plural verb if the writer thinks of the group as a number of individuals."
 
Equipment isn't countable so there's no
plural. You can have 1 piece of equipment or you can have lots of equipment but you would never have equipments.

So, it is the words infront of the equipment that suggests if it is singluar or plural. And from here, they said 'this' equipment

Pryme-st*rr:
Hello Nairalanders!

Here is one funny gist, i came across courtesy of a female undergraduate. Shows how confused most of our feminine counterparts can get sometimes and it's really irritating! Here it goes

"Admin please hide my ID & post this for me. Because of the strike i stays at my mum's shop & i meet a guy (graduate) he stays near my
mum's shop and i use to pass through his shop each time i want to go get some goods.

This guy has been asking for my number for sometime now & i've been refusing him, later i collected his own & gave him a call that same day and
told him to stop calling me any day i pass & also asked him if there is any other road i should follow apart from there line.

He got upset with me, said that if not for the fact that he has not gotten a job that i won't have seen him there & promised that he will never
call me & that he wouldn't even save my number & banged the call on me & i sent him a text that same day telling him that he just insulted me by banging the call on me even when am the one that called him, & he didn't reply my message.

So since then, i do follow another way each time i want to pass through there line. But the problem now is that i have fallen for him.

Note: i don't have a boyfriend, so please how do i get his attention back?"

Piece of advice for her please because i myself i'm very much tempted to talk her down on such a shabby attitude... Seriously!

Please did you say this Lady is in school . I dont think so, even the english alone is enough to make the guy run

stagger: Equipment is both singular and plural. So "equipment" means ALL the machinery needed, not one machine.

Oga English language may not be my first, but the question is self explanatory and it says - "Describe this[i][/i] equipment" which means it is just ONE equipment you are require to describe.

Moreover, the question asked before this gives you an idea of what they want which is "What is the minimum equipment cost that is necessary to commence trading or expand your business." meaning, just ONE equipment that means a lot to the commencement of your business.

mkmyers45: Describe the materials you will need to create your product or service. Are these materials readily available, at the right price and quantity, in your locality? If yes, please describe any relevant information

Explain?

Name the major things you need for the business like 5 of them(could be raw material, machines, office space, lands) and say how possible are they to be gotten from the country and if you know where you can get them

brighter: Break this figure down into relevant categories. Note: a maximum 40% of the total award is usually alloted to capital equipment..........etc

operating expenses (e.g Wages, raw materials, stock). Please should I enter operating expenses for 12 months which will likely be above 10m or just maybe for the first few months e.g 3 months since planned money realised from sales will be ploughed back for bussiness continuation?

Secondly, is it capital expenses & other (pre-start, set-up, accreditation) expenses should be 40% or just capital since they stated d 'remaining 60% must be sufficient to fund operational expenses'?

Please I need direction on this & will appreciate any useful info

I guess you have done your analysis on what the company will need. So I would advice that you add your operating expenses not for 12months but for the months when the business cannot support itself. Once the business breaks even, it means the business can support its self.

Only the capital expenses is 40% which I think was explained as Building, equipment etc. So the remaining goes for the other and operational expenses.

brighter: What is the minimum equipment cost that is necessary to commence trading or expand business?--Should this be only the capital equipment or is raw materials included since I am going into manufacturing?

Describe this equipments?-- should I allocate prices to the equpments? 30 words is too small for me to describe the uses of each eqipment

How do I explain that the money to be contributed by my family is just a land. I just added the monetary equivalent so it doesn't look as if my family is giving me any cash

PLEASE HELP

1. You were asked for AN equipment, which means one of the equipment needed, without which you cannot start your business. For example, if your business is about cutting of meat into cubes, one equipment that is needed is your meat shredder. So you will be explaining and giving the amount of the meat shredder

2. For money been given by your family, it states over a period of 12months. This money could be at the begining, middle or end of 12months, so if they are giving you land, then look for the monetary equivalent and add to whatever they would give you throughout one year.

Me D̶̲̥̅̊ε̲̣̣̣̥γ̲̣̣̥ copy and adjust immediately. These are the things we need. Although I have done some but will still be great if I can do more. Thanks

I didn't know this topic will get soooooo much attention as this. Please all I ask is that we be gentle with our selves. Even if you are still a virgin, welldone. If you are no longer, kudos. But remember, we may need to go beyond Nairaland and think of ways to make Nigeria better

xtervaganza: just shut up! And stop raving over your not so virgin poocee. Who cares if you're a virgin or not? U can as well seal it with super glue that's none of my business.



And for religion, keep fooling yourself. GOD loved David more than any man in his time and he had sex without marriage countless times. How about Solomon? How many concubines he had? Just buzz off us sex is not your thing and stop condemning people who have sex. Sex or no sex u die and ur does not even guarantee you anything afterlife. So gerraway from here

Haba!!!!!!!! When you want to use someone as an example make sure you have studied the person. David, you made mention of was called "a man after God's heart" because he never repeated any sin twice and he goes back to God immediately he is been convited of his sins. Many of the great names in the bible all sinned (this shows the inability of man to be rightoeus). Hence the abiding grace of the Cross.

God does not abide in sin, but if we confess and forsake our sins, he will surely forgive.

ngezeck: pls help me with dis last question.
describe any existing finance loan related to d business

Is your business a new one? If yes then you may have not borrow any money from the Bank, or any finance house.

Money borrowed from family members may not be classified as Loan because it didn't go through the process of approval or proper documentations.

In other words, do you have any money borrowed from a bank, financial institutions that have proper documentations?

blink182: please read who favour quoted, she has no problem with idea theft and she's not a cynic.

Thank u Õoooº°˚ ˚°º . I think say some people need specified glasses to be able to seee beyond Nairaland. As for me, this 2014, Money Must Change Hand

blink182: you should know that's a lie or maybe he's with NURTW at ojota.

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fagin1982: You are not right - If. I were you I ll quit looking for which is truth ,right and wrong and get busy by filling your forms online

Abeg Which kain wonderful proposal u get under 10m way FG wan thief ....

People sef ...

Bros, na person I D̶̲̥̅̊ε̲̣̣̣̥γ̲̣̣̥ help explain something give. If Nigeria is frustrating you don't lay the frustration on me.

Do you just jump into every thing without first reading through it? For your information, I have submitted and when I have won, I will make such I come back to tell you.

Thanks to all who keep explaining and making others understand what they are doing. Kudos to u all

Amya: Did you lose your virginity on your wedding night?

Yes ooooooo,

And that was the best gift i can every give to the man i love

VICTOFX: please are we expected to spill out the entire business plan while filling the form,
i mean like giving the name of what we want to do?
how we want to go about it and even the profit level?
and if yes what is the insurance covering our biz blans that it wont be stolen?
urgent responce needed please

Well if what they said in the YouWin website is true, they have signed an agreement not to expose any business idea.

Moreover, 50 words is too small for you to spill out all your business idea. Thats why they need you to say enough to convince them that you know what you are doing. It is at the second stage you will be asked to send in all your idea.

Hope i am right

blink182: you are to tell them everything and there's no insurance against them stealing your plan.

Well if what they said in the YouWin website is true, they have signed an agreement not to expose any business idea.

Moreover, 50 words is too small for you to spill out all your business idea. Thats why they need you to say enough to convince them that you know what you are doing. It is at the second stage you will be asked to send in all your idea.

Hope i am right

stagger: I have different personalities. I can be the nicest person, but I can be very aggressive and will not take nonsense from people like blink82 who make it a point of duty to keep sticking their nose where it does not belong. What can I say? If you are in the industry where I operate, aggression is what keeps you afloat or you will be sunk. That's just the way it is. I have my direct competitors sending spies to my premises all the time, and that is just a tip of the iceberg.

People like blink82 who cannot mind their business will simply end up putting their legs in a termite hill. He thinks he is smart, when in actual fact he is a knucklehead with nothing in his skull but arrogance!

Abeg which industry is dat?

I was 24 when a met my husband, was still a virgin and we courted for 3yrs before we married and never for one day did he make me feel bad about it. Instead he made sure I upheld what I believed in. it earns you a lot of respect and prevents future wahala.

For those making comments about not been interested, it takes a lot and I must commend the OP, keep it up!

stagger: Your arrogance knows no bounds. Always taking panadol for another person's headache. Again, you were not the subject of my response but you had to stick your nose in my business. You should be praying for your proposal and not constituting a nuisance here.

oga/madam stagger,

I have noticed you alot in so many threads and you seems like someone with an aggresive behavoiur . i beg you in Gods name no come spoil our YouWin mind for us.

lomzy1: Pls check ur mail.

Seen, thanks

utimatedes: Hahahahaa! As one of the pioneer awardees, I can't apply again because my biodata is with them, but that doesn't stop me from apply for my family and friends and those that need my services. Stagger is right.

What happens after one has submitted the online questions and when will the letter to the next stage be sent (is it when the first stage is closed, or can they send it even when the first stage is still on)

utimatedes: It is a nice idea. I am submitting idea on this but in a unique way. You need to be knowledgeable in this to convince them and I know those that have something to show for will make it.

I though you said you N5M won for the YouWin 1, why are you writing and submitting again. Why don't you allow people like us to win this year naw.

i would love to know all it entails as am also looking at this path in 2014. This is my email justclothingsltd@yahoo.com, also how will i get the export contacts; thank u

hotwax: You know I am a herbalist. I can only offer herbal/spiritual help.

If you are ok with that, get back to me.

;Doya i dry wait

hotwax: I am wishing him well. Wetin be your own sef?

Oga herbalist, as u know say na boy abeg, i dey try edit my name d tin ne gree, help tell me wetin i fit do. Make i talk the one wey dey me important naw

Popelawson: I could remember the first adage I heard.And it was from my secondary school principal - on a bright morning she stood on the student address podium then she said " As you make your bed so you lie on it" that idiom remained in my heart and soul through out my undergraduate career, even till now.But nigeria way of doing things has made me to think behind my closet if that adage is correct,because so many Nigerians are not sleeping on the bed they made."unqualified people get to higher positions,graduate with lower grades
(E.g your course mates) get employed in government agencies without interview within hours and those with good and hard earned grade keep searching or doing unsatisfiable job. CHAiiii" FOR INSTANCE, I WISH NA ME BE THE ONE WEY THEY GIVE CHANCE" for all man to benefit...

They have made their beds by getting to know people in high places