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[quote author=isale_gan2 link=topic=590933.msg9277742#msg9277742 date=1317772830]hehehehehe.

Weren't you going to switch off your thread too? Before before? [/quote]Yeah.

But, I am on NL because you.

Do you want us to leave ni?

[quote author=isale_gan2 link=topic=590933.msg9277615#msg9277615 date=1317770552]I'm taking a sabbatical from Nairaland!  I've had enough!  [/quote]

No "modify" button. No nothing


This is a graveyard of threads.

[quote author=isale_gan2 link=topic=590933.msg9277260#msg9277260 date=1317765664]I'm nice to everybody.  Even a scary wolfdogalien man!  He-l-lo!? [/quote]That's moi Isale. Please, keep it up.

[quote author=isale_gan2 link=topic=590933.msg9277260#msg9277260 date=1317765664]It hates black people.  I'm a black person.  ". . . and never the twain shall meet."  [/quote]You don't where she's coming from, do you?

Maybe, Nigeria hung her out to dry, just maybe.

AjanleKoko:
I like everybody

[quote author=isale_gan2 link=topic=590933.msg9277070#msg9277070 date=1317763444]hahahaha.  Even when I'm being nice I still get in trouble o jare.  I should just be the rabblerouser I was meant to be.  [/quote]Isale, I need to ask you this question:

Why do you hate Kobojunkie?



PS: I really want you to be nice to NLanders. Luv your perky self but not too much o, dearie

If I cash ya, Isale.



Ola is vexed. I will NEVER call ya number again

[quote author=isale_gan2 link=topic=590933.msg9270517#msg9270517 date=1317686147]hahahahaha.

Did you notice the other changes Seun made?[/quote]I diddn't.

[quote author=isale_gan2 link=topic=590933.msg9270517#msg9270517 date=1317686147]hahahahaha.


1) I know I can't modify any longer. Don't know if it's forum-wide; I know your previously mentioned that your (education) thread was set-up that way - no edit/modifying of posted messages.[/quote]He's a geek, isn't he? No, it isn't forum-wide. He did inform me about why he had to tamper with that section. I think we have to roll with him or geek out discussing his actions and inaction.

PS:

Yeah, the end should be a proper beano. Hmm, I am the luckiest! Lucky Ola.

[quote author=isale_gan2 link=topic=590933.msg9267611#msg9267611 date=1317649667]hahahahaha.

Moved. Again! Oh well. I was kinda expecting it. This is def a record. I'll take it!

1) Foreign Affairs, to
2) Travel Section, to
3) Nairaland, to
4) GENERAL section, ♫ where he lays his gentle head ♪



Come on, page 99-100. [/quote]Don't worry darling, It's well.

This is truly a record.

AjanleKoko:
That must be some old grammar
It should be studying. Schooling sounds like Naija-Speak.

I also think so. I think it's either a noun or a modifier (noun).

Not sure about its participial forms.

Thanks.

A common mistake.

Is it okay to say:

He's schooling abroad

I am schooling?


^^Is it okay in any participial form?


Thanks.



PS: A good contribution from Ajanlekoko.

^^^Ohh! Got it.

Thanks.

Desola Desola 


Take care, moi sista.

Serendipity:
Yea. But in this context, as it has been used as an adjective here; I think the author was only trying to convey that that trait was obvious in Mr. Emeka. Because of that, putting 'made' there makes the trait (ability in disability) look like it was done by another person. In other words the fact that ability in disability was obvious and visible in the man looks like it was done by another person (if you put 'made' there).
Just like saying that 'the girl was made happy' instead of 'the girl was happy.
Conclusively, I think the 'made' there isn't relevant especially in this context.

Ohh, thanks.

But, I think it's okay for us to examine this further.

What do you think about the following statements:



Whether for territory, resources or reclamation, it was futility made manifest


God in man made manifest


All things that are reproved are made manifest by light


The way of life and death made manifest and set before us


He was foreknown before the foundation of the word but was made manifest in the times for your sake


God made manifest in Christ


Works of God should be made manifest in man?


WRONG? Please, answer.

r231:
the Nigerian Government has condemned it, saying that the practice is immoral and ungodly.

Heheee.

So, what is moral and godly about this government?

Immoral and ungodly? From born devils called leaders in Nigeria?

These leaders and morality/godliness are like chalk and cheese - they will never meet!






O ga oo

Contumely:
Hi, Ola.
Ability in disability was 'made manifest' in Mr. Emeka.
I read this and thought the 'made' there unnecessary.

What dou you think?
Thanks.

It's correct.

REMEMBER:
"Manifest" is also an adjective.

Serendipity:
'Is' also okay? No naw, Ola!
You mean, solecisms that 'is'?
No I don't think it's correct.

Or is it also okay to say:
One of the traders who sellS tomatoes, instead of who sell without (s)?

Here:

we had a grammatical get together, and then consulted our Bible, the most recent Pocket Fowler, and agreed with that authority that one can either say 'it's one of the solecisms , that is, ' or 'it's one of the solecisms, that are, ' -both are acceptable. But thanks for keeping us on our toes!

Catherine Soanes:

Catherine Soanes is a lexicographer, passionate logophile, and former Head of Online Dictionaries at Oxford University Press.

Read the comments (bottom of page):

http://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2011/09/agreement-over-collective-nouns/

Serendipity:
'Is' also okay? No naw, Ola!
You mean, solecisms that 'is'?
No I don't think it's correct.

Or is it also okay to say:
One of the traders who sellS tomatoes, instead of who sell without (s)?

Nahhhh. It's correct.

I 'stole' this from an Oxford guru.

. . . . . let me search for it

Serendipity:
Whatchamallit? Eeh! Okay,
Manner.
Ola how u dey?

It's a 'rare' type of adverb called "sentence adverb."

Why?

Because, it doesn't modify any verb in particular but the whole sentence.

The sentence can be reworded thus:

It's clear he's in love.

Serendipity:
should be themselves

Correct!

Thanks.

Serendipity:
I will use ''Are''

Correct.

"Is" is also okay.

Serendipity:
I will use ''they''

Correct.

Some people use "he or she" but this is considered "old school"

Thanks.

I dey laugh oo

POSER.


It's one of the solecisms that are . . . . .


it's one of the solecisms that is . . . . . .


Which one, please? Or both? None? Uhn?








PS:

Gudnite, guys.

REMEMBER, Newspapers are reputable sources of good grammar, especially, British and American newspapers - both right-leaning and left-leaning ones.

Newspapers such as The Independent, Daily Telegraph, The Guardian (UK), Daily Mail, Boston Globe, New York Times, The Washington Post, etc, are highly respected and words coined by their writers make it into dicos regularly.

Besides, apparent mistakes by these papers often become correct expressions.

E.g. "Bored of" (Daily Mail used this phrase recently). Now, lexicographers at ODO are not sure. Read this:

http://oxforddictionaries.com/page/boredby/bored-by-of-or-with

Contumely:
Another question:
My name is Emeka.
He said that his name is/was Emeka.

Ola one:
The rules are changing, my brother. Decades ago, you would say "was" (examined as a reported speech).

But, today, "is" is correct. Also, because this is a true statement (my name is Emeka), the present tense is allowed.



PS:
Sorry, Contumely, I have had enough of these questions NOW! Thanks.

Yeah. I have to buttress my point here.

In churches, pastors like to say:

"Jesus says" (even though it's 2,000 years ago).

^Why? Because they believe it's a TRUE STATEMENT.

We also have:

The Bible says . . . . . .


The Quran says . . . .

^^Both written ages ago.


I think the statement below is a bit tricky, though (because it isn't true):

My name is Isale, the president of Nigeria.

She said her name ****** Isale, the president of Nigeria

Contumely:
I asked this question on page 57 but it wasnt answered:
UNIBEN has started its/their exams.
It/they would have postponed it.

Hey, Contumely, enjoy this:

What you also need to watch out for, in both American and British English, is the mistake of mixing up singular and plural subjects and verbs in the same sentence, paragraph, or piece of writing. The following sentence is grammatically incorrect because the subject and verb in the first clause (government is) are singular and the subject and verb in the following clause (they have) are plural:

X The government is by no means environmentally perfect: they have invested only £37m in renewable energy sources this year.

To ensure consistency and good English, the sentence should be rewritten either as:

√ The government is by no means environmentally perfect: it has invested only £37m in renewable energy sources this year.

or:

√ The government are by no means environmentally perfect: they have invested only £37m in renewable energy sources this year.

http://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2011/09/agreement-over-collective-nouns/

Hmm. Like I said before (check out page 3 of this thread), "and the like" and "and the likes" are both correct.

The flipside of too little, or no, punctuation is the way in which apostrophes, hyphens, and the like are either used incorrectly or to excess.

http://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2011/09/punctuational-perplexities/

Pesky little marks: you and punctuation marks. Enjoy it.


http://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2011/09/punctuational-perplexities/

POSER.

. . . . Refer back.


Is it allowed? Or not?


Please, answer.

POSER.


Clearly, he's in love.



What type of adverb is "clearly" as used in the statement above?