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it was stated on the advert that statement of result is not accepted, only the certificate. i have not collected my certificate. is it advisable to get the form?

Kaeboy:
I have short sight and blurry vision too and i use glasses but I have a plan to use medicated contact lens through the screening. They might not discover

i don't think there will be any medical screening. i think correctional service did that o. i know somebody among the newly recruited

you are sexy

omonnakoda:
I knew you would be defensive. One of the hardest things in this world is to admit you were wrong. Cultivate the habit.
Idiomatic expressions have little to do with grammar and indeed often are grammatically wrong
A few idiomatic expressions from Nigeria

Story done get K leg
Water done pass garri
No shaking
Shine your eye



From elsewhere
Call it a day
Speak of the devil
I was pulling your leg
Take chill pill

Etc.

As such idioms are "stock phrases " often with a different meaning from the literal meaning of the words and that have common currency I.e they are clearly understood among a particular group


What you have written is face saving twaddle. Admitting you are wrong is the first step to learning

Using "idiomatic" in that sentence was wholly incongruous

God bless you.

i don't think any tin can happen this ye again

Veebliz:
Don't tell me you still don't get it.

check the usage. "to reply" is not intransitive verb as you claimed. did u see preposition when it is used transitively

i am done with u jare, Mr "know it all"

peace!

Veebliz:
You didn't understand everything.

Read everything again. The verb "to reply" is intransitive.

The. Verb. "To. Reply." Is. Intransitive.

Here's more information:

https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/7178/reply-him-or-reply-to-him/7179

lexicographers wrote this. check the usage when used transitively and intransitively.

Veebliz:
You said it was transitive, now it's ambitransitive.

I know I've done enough for you.

Just make sure you always reply TO somebody or TO something.

kindly point to where i typed that it was transitive.
you don't need to lie to defend anytin.

one thing you should know is that no linguist has come out to condemn any, but one is used than the other. it is just like the issue of possessive nouns that end with "s." some linguists said such nouns should not be followed by another "S" after the apostrophe sign. e.g Jesus' ball. But others insist that "s" must still come after the sign Jesus's ball. if you follow any one, you are correct. there are other debating issues in grammar.

stop acting like u know it all uncle. English Professors do not know all.

Veebliz:
You didn't understand everything.

Read everything again. The verb "to reply" is intransitive.

The. Verb. "To. Reply." Is. Intransitive.

Here's more information:

https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/7178/reply-him-or-reply-to-him/7179

oga, u lied. the verb "to reply" is ambitransitive. do more research.

Veebliz:
Why are you confusing yourself?


You can say:
The teacher replied. -- Of course, this sentence is okay.

But "The teacher replied him" is wrong.

The teacher replied TO him. / The teacher responded TO him.

u are more confused here oga. read your first post and check ur explanation of "reply"
maybe u copied and pasted the whole thing.

Veebliz:
Oops! You're wrong. I'm sorry.

Here is the correct thing to say:

The teacher replied to the student.

if u claimed that "reply" can only be used intransitively then, you are wrong too. reply is an ambitransitive verb hence, preposition is not necessary when it is used transitively.

Veebliz:
Some grammatical mistakes you make and things you say wrong.


Hello, everyone. Before I shoot, I’d like you to read this:

After learning some Spanish and having to correct a lot of English in WhatsApp groups, I’ve discovered that some of us say some things wrong. Some like saying things like “English is not our language”, “Who English epp? (Who does English help?)” “Does it add money to my account?” especially when you correct them. But most of these are said out of ignorance. English is not your language, but why do you use it? English has helped a lot of people, YES! It has. Why else do we use English to teach at school? In fact, more research has been done in English than in any other language, 98% of scientific materials published today are in English, I’m not saying that other languages are inferior, but the truth is that, some people do need to stop being ignorant and face it – English really DOES matter…and YES – it can add money to your account in so many ways; you think about it.

Yeah, I feel like it’s important for me to add this: I’ve come across some Nigerians who speak English as their first tongue; I do as well, so the idea of saying English is not our language doesn’t make any sense at all. I have no problem with anybody speaking any indigenous language.

The English language is not a foreign language to Nigeria, it has mixed with our cultures in a unique way, and therefore has become ours – one of our languages, even though I don’t speak the language of my indigenous tribe, I still have some of their cultural values instilled in me, I cherish and respect them.

Aha! I must not skip this; I've interacted with Brits and Americans on the internet, so I see them make silly mistakes as well, but the ones I've written here are some of the mistakes I see my country people make often. Let’s see some of the grammatical mistakes people make and things they say wrong.

1) The verb – to make;

Of course, you would have definitely seen some people make mistakes with this verb, it’s common to hear people say things like:
“This picture makes me TO remember my past.”
“Eating all the time will make you TO be fat.”
“If you use this medicine, it will make you TO sleep.”
I am sure you’ve already spotted the mistake, right? – Yeah, I made it obvious. The verb – to make doesn’t take “to” after it, so the correct thing to say in each sentence above is: “This picture makes me remember my past.”
“Eating all the time will make you (be) fat” – in this kind of sentence, it’s more common and therefore more natural to skip the verb – “be”.
“If you use this medicine, it will make you sleep.”
The only time it’s fine to use “TO” after the verb – to make is when it is in the passive; for example, “I was made TO kneel down yesterday at school.” NOT I was made kneel down yesterday at school.”


2) The verb – to enable;

This verb requires “to” after it, but it is so amusing that some people would leave out “to” using this verb but would use it with the verb “to make”.
Here is an example: “This software will enable you TO work on your computer efficiently.” NOT “This software will enable you work on your computer efficiently.”


3) The verb – to allow;

This verb also requires “to” after it.
Here is an example: “My parents will not allow me TO go out today.” NOT “My parents will not allow me go out today.”


4) The verb – to reply;

The mistakes made with this verb are pretty common, this verb is intransitive, which means it cannot go with a direct object, therefore, it needs a preposition for it to make sense, and therefore, you reply TO somebody or TO something. NOT reply somebody or something.
“Why didn’t you reply my messages?” is WRONG. The correct thing is: “Why didn’t you reply TO my messages?”


5) The idiom – to be about to do something;

Hahahaha , I remember hearing someone say: “I was just about asking same thing.” Well, the correct thing is: “I was just about TO ask you THE same thing.”


6) The noun – stuff;

Yeah! This particular noun is such a pain in the ass for some people, it is uncountable, so, it cannot take an S after it and an indefinite article can’t be used with it either.
“Please give me five minutes – I want to get my STUFF” NOT “Please give me five minutes – I want to get my stuffs”.
“Where did you get all this stuff?” NOT “Where did you get all these stuffs?”
“Where IS all my stuff?” NOT “Where are all my stuffs?”
“This is good stuff.” NOT “This is a good stuff.”
The only context where stuff can take an S is if it’s used as a verb: “Ade always stuffs himself with so much junk food.”


7) The nouns – slang and jargon;

English is weird, yeah…but it’s not hard. So many people make mistakes with these nouns - These nouns are uncountable – yeah you read it right; UNCOUNTABLE.
I remember reading an article sometime ago, it had: “20 slangs you will hear in Nigeria” as its title: If you’ve been reading this article carefully, you will have known what is wrong with the sentence.
Numbers can’t be used with uncountable nouns, so the correct thing is: “20 SLANG WORDS/EXPRESSIONS/TERMS you will hear in Nigeria”. Or simply put: “Some slang you will hear in Nigeria.” – So you can use “some” with uncountable nouns and countable nouns as well.
“That is internet slang.” NOT “That is an internet slang.”
“Too much slang was used in the movie.” NOT “Too many slangs were used in the movie.”
“His messages were full of jargon.” NOT “His messages were full of jargons.”


8 ) The noun – information;

I don’t need to explain this, just keep it in mind that it is UNCOUNTABLE.
“Thank you for that information.” NOT “Thank you for those informations”
“What a wonderful piece of information!” NOT “What a wonderful information!”
“I want to share some information with you.” NOT “I want to share you an information.”


9) The noun – advice;

This is uncountable as well: make sure you do not mistake it for the verb: advise. The noun is spelt with a C and the verb with an S.
“I need (some) advice from you.” NOT “I need some advices from you.” NOT “I need an advice from you.”


10) All what;

If you’ve been saying this, then you need to STOP saying it! This is WRONG! It should be either: “All (that)” or “All OF what”.
“All (that) I’ve been saying is that….” NOT “All what I’ve been saying is that…”


11) The noun – headache;

Just as people make mistakes with uncountable nouns, they also do the same thing with countable nouns – it’s very common to hear “I am having headache”. This sentence is wrong. It should be: “I have a headache.”


12) The noun – news;

This is an uncountable noun.
“This is good news!” NOT “This is a good news!”


13) The expression – in the twinkling of an eye;

I’ve heard and seen people say: “In the twinkle of an eye.” – This is wrong of course: it should be: “In the twinkling of an eye.”


14) The famous – “I don’t get”.

Okay, I don’t want to be too annoying because I KNOW that some will get angry reading this article, but guess what? Learning never ends. We are used to saying this, but you should know that the verb – to get in this case is transitive, so it needs an object to sound okay.
So I recommend that you start saying: “I don’t get IT.”
Saying “I don’t get” has always sounded weird to me, I’ve asked some foreigners just to be sure it's not just me but they said it sounded weird to them as well.


15) The noun – furniture;

I usually see furniture makers put up a sign like “ABC furnitures.”
This doesn’t work in English; it’s an uncountable noun, so you already know the drill.
“They like playing with furniture.” NOT “They like playing with furnitures.”


I am Nigerian, so I speak more Nigerian English, I don’t hate it, I just like when people make good use of it because I know what it feels like when you murder someone's language. When I was in junior secondary school, I remember saying something wrong in Yoruba while I was playing with my friends, you needed to have seen how three of them were throwing corrections at me. (
There are so many people who care about mistakes – especially in English.
These are just a few of the mistakes. I could keep on writing and writing, but I will leave it here.
So, I hope this helps your English if you’ve been saying it wrong.




Ermmmm, one last thing before the final full stop: This is for people who can’t do without starting a sentence with or using “Am”; What exactly is wrong? Please stop making this horrible mistake, if you can’t use the contraction: “I’m…” then use: “I am…”
It’s not hard work. The pronoun I is just one letter.

Thanks for reading.

Veebliz.

the explanation of "reply" is wrong. "reply" can be used both transitively and intransitively. so, preposition is not needed when it is transitive. it is correct to say: the teacher replied the student.

"reply" is both transitive and intransive verb. so, u are wrong.

his 3re child celebrated his 17th anniversary yesterday. she had live video interaction with her father's friends and some artiste like kunle Afod, damola olatunji and wife, Samuel Ajirebi, kunle Adegbete, many comedians that got inspiration through him etc. the man was just a legend.

Jidoski2000:
His oratory intelligence was superlative. More like an alien. Excellence personified

i used to ask if he was human

Midex88:
Pls if you still have the series. I would appreciate you sending to me

you can get some of his tracks on youtube. his burial video is what i am looking for like this

i am seriously looking for his burial video

Parisleo:
From the look of things...it will only take the grace of God and great Miracle for this recruitment see the end of the tunnel.....may God see the poor heart of the innocent poor jobless youths and make a way for us...so many guys don put mind for all this paramilitary recruitment



Corona will.not stop it in Jesus name ooo
AMEN!!!!!

amin

enilola5:
We all need to be prayerful becos so many persons updated their profile.n besides we don't knw how many they need.
My prayer is that by hook or by crook my name will be among those finally taken

lolzzz. God will help us

Amedu3:
Almighty God please may we not wait in vain Amen

amin

mustylique:
Truth is you guys still have a long way to go, alot of people updated thier profile and after this stage there is also the screening level where exams and other things are involved..this is just the beginning...ofcus after this pandemic.

no exams

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i will contact u if u wont bill me too much. postgraduate project on language.

samsard:
The only time I'm busy doing nothing is when I decide I can't work anymore or won't work.
You think the rest of us don't seek government jobs and stuff? But why will anyone come here seeking reassuring lies from people who claim to know something you don't?
Relax, it will be concluded one way or the other.
Some of us are not shutdown by shutdown. I don't even place my hopes on government jobs because if you know your way they are just low paying jobs.

thank you for not putting ur mind but, dont discourage others.

Emily22:
100 percent, there will be screening

somebody said it will just be verification of certificates. that they av picked those they want

Heineken:
sent

thanks bro

Heineken:
sent

please help me too. adeadesida1@ gmail com

please, you guys with source should update us on the latest oo.

DukeJenrus:
Portal closed

still opening ooo

officialchikzy0:
Pls who else is getting 3 documents when submitting, after uploading 7?

mine was 2

Zombiekiller010:
After i uploaded my Waec & Degree Certificate, i couldn't see column to upload other Doc like medical fitness , Cert of Origin and birth

same here my bro. i av submitted like that anyway.

lonikit:
i was ask to upload only my degree and o level. birth cert and medical and local govt cert are not there.
is it normal

anybody in my shoe

i was ask to upload only my degree and o level. birth cert and medical and local govt cert are not there.
is it normal