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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!

Thanks for sharing

No 8 is missing!

U can never have ur cake and have it

Is d law of economics!

U are a great man...1e celebrate u ...may God see u through!

Meanwhile, come 2019 for presidency...
We're surely bhnd u!
Kudos!

christejames:
Just the same pattern the current UNN VC used on assumption of office, he went round the boys hostel (FRANCO) and promised to fix them. Fortunately he is living up to that by his aggressive renovation of the hostels' toilets...



Just that he is yet to fix Franco refectory as promised...

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No resuscitation fr pdp! Dy are GONE forever


Even if we're suffering nw we prefer dis bcuz we knw where we're going!

Am nt shock when I C dis in Benue cus dats d foundation of corruption in nigeria

Help us LORD, or we perish in d hand of hoodlums

Am waiting fr d nxt episode!!


May God help us in dis drama btw ASUU and FG


Afterall who is d superior?

If two pipo must ride a horse one must ride behind!!! One must bow to anoda

DG I tink u shud tink twice! Tell dem to plan hw to start a business of their own n nt dis suicide of a tin!



Dis is nt d solution to dis country problem is all abt job creation so get dat man!

I rest my case DG I tink u shud tink twice! Tell dem to plan hw to start a business of their own n nt dis suicide of a tin!



Dis is nt d solution to dis country problem is all abt job creation so get dat man!

I rest my case

PDP has lost their integrity ....so no way fr dem again in EDO

Well anyone dy chose is their own cup of tea...as fr me n my household, we wl nt risk our life to vote fr any nigeria politician who dnt care abt d welfare of his ppl bt only his family n his pot beli..




There children neva vote bt here we're risking our life fr ppl who dnt value their ppl bt jst their selfish interest...

No way... If u dnt change nw frm ur evil ways God wl visit u soon

We're hoping fr God's intervention fr dis country, dats d only way we can b save...



Dis country belong to evryone of us... Let's save d future of our children and stop roasting d future of our nxt generation ABEEG

[i][/i]I pray one day God wil hear our prayers and restore dis gr8 Nation to it former glory


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