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Do You Still Commit This Grammatical Blunder? by Rapmoney(op): 11:08am On May 26
Do you still say 'My trousers has gators' or 'I want to put gators on my trousers'? If you do, it is totally wrong in standard English. This is the reason why some Nigerians get rejected for teaching jobs in the UK and in the US.

When you address grammatical mistakes, people that hate learning and knowledge, and those who don't know the essence of correct communication in business in formal environments will argue unnecessarily with you from a baseless perspective.

Gator is a short word for "alligator," which is a large reptile. In very specific, rare fashion contexts, a "gator" can also refer to a material or leather texture that looks like crocodile skin, but it is never used to describe clothing lines.

WHAT TO SAY:
1. My trousers has a sharp crease
2. Our trousers have sharp creases
3. I want to make the crease of my trousers to be sharp.

Crease is the line, mark, or ridge produced on fabric when it is folded and ironed.

I hope you have learnt something today?

I am WarriParrot.

Re: Do You Still Commit This Grammatical Blunder? by Stephen0mozzy: 11:18am On May 26
No Sir. That gator is the one we hereby declare as APPROPRIATE.

You no see how the line on the trousers straight like aligator spinal cord?

Crease kor Grease ni 🤧
Re: Do You Still Commit This Grammatical Blunder? by Rapmoney(op): 11:26am On May 26
Stephen0mozzy:
No Sir. That gator is the one we hereby declare as APPROPRIATE.

You no see how the line on the trousers straight like aligator spinal cord?

Crease kor Grease ni 🤧
Okay. You can now drink cold water.
Re: Do You Still Commit This Grammatical Blunder? by Stephen0mozzy: 12:17pm On May 26
Rapmoney:
Okay. You can now drink cold water.
I'd rather take Gatorade Sir.
Re: Do You Still Commit This Grammatical Blunder? by KingOfAmebo(m): 12:31pm On May 26
Rapmoney:
Do you still say 'My trousers has gators' or 'I want to put gators on my trousers'? If you do, it is totally wrong in standard English. This is the reason why some Nigerians get rejected for teaching jobs in the UK and in the US.

When you address grammatical mistakes, people that hate learning and knowledge, and those who don't know the essence of correct communication in business in formal environments will argue unnecessarily with you from a baseless perspective.

Gator is a short word for "alligator," which is a large reptile. In very specific, rare fashion contexts, a "gator" can also refer to a material or leather texture that looks like crocodile skin, but it is never used to describe clothing lines.

WHAT TO SAY:
1. My trousers has a sharp crease
2. Our trousers have sharp creases
3. I want to make the crease of my trousers to be sharp.

Crease is the line, mark, or ridge produced on fabric when it is folded and ironed.

I hope you have learnt something today?

I am WarriParrot.
As we long as we Nigerians understand it, f*ck what the British thinks. PERIOD...grin grin grin

Language is meant to be understood irrespective of how it is spoken, as long as we understand what is being said, GOOD...grin grin grin

Stop all this slave mentality...Does the British understand the meaning of AKARA and GARRI?...grin grin grin

Rapmoney:
That is why they give you TOEFL and IELTS to write, and take your hard earned money.
That is one big scam our fooolish Nigerian politicians cannot stop, They colonized us and forced us to speak English yet require us to prove that we can speak the language we can speak to enter their country, Is that not madness? No be juju be that?...grin grin grin

Re: Do You Still Commit This Grammatical Blunder? by atiku4President(m): 12:32pm On May 26
Who grammar help for Nigeria or anywhere in the world?
Re: Do You Still Commit This Grammatical Blunder? by SmartyPants(m): 12:32pm On May 26
Stephen0mozzy:
I'd rather take Gatorade Sir.
grin ya a funny guy. I for like add one or two cold stout to ya Gatorade
Re: Do You Still Commit This Grammatical Blunder? by fijiano202(m): 12:32pm On May 26
Gator is Gator ..I can't Be explaining Crease to people I am speaking to

Many times when we communicate with others we tend to speak in simple forms that they can easily understand not Behind Words to look Good
Re: Do You Still Commit This Grammatical Blunder? by Rapmoney(op): 12:34pm On May 26
KingOfAmebo:
As we long as we Nigerians understand it, f*ck what the British thinks. PERIOD...grin grin grin
That is why they give you TOEFL and IELTS to write, and take your hard earned money.
Re: Do You Still Commit This Grammatical Blunder? by Anguldi(m): 12:34pm On May 26
If you are taking your wife to abroad, make her sit for English Test i.e PTE, IELTS etc

E get why. Kindly leave her if she can't pass.
Re: Do You Still Commit This Grammatical Blunder? by Rapmoney(op): 12:35pm On May 26
fijiano202:
Gator is Gator ..I can't Be explaining Crease to people I am speaking to

Many times when we communicate with others we tend to speak in simple forms that they can easily understand not Behind Words to look Good
Stop deceiving yourself. Stop mistaking simple English for wrong English.
Re: Do You Still Commit This Grammatical Blunder? by ekukeku(m): 12:36pm On May 26
Even d op no say
Gator na d correct one
He just dey play us
Re: Do You Still Commit This Grammatical Blunder? by okomile(f): 12:36pm On May 26
grin grin
Gator na Gator
U can't change that from me oooooo
Goodluck to others sha nah
Re: Do You Still Commit This Grammatical Blunder? by Rapmoney(op): 12:36pm On May 26
Anguldi:
If you are taking your wife to abroad, make her sit for English Test i.e PTE, IELTS etc

E get why. Kindly leave her if she can't pass.
They won't understand. They think everything is cruise. That's why they get rejected for teaching jobs.
Re: Do You Still Commit This Grammatical Blunder? by LabStores: 12:37pm On May 26
Stephen0mozzy:
No Sir. That gator is the one we hereby declare as APPROPRIATE.

You no see how the line on the trousers straight like aligator spinal cord?

Crease kor Grease ni 🤧
No be lie

No be him go tell us wetin we go call am grin
Re: Do You Still Commit This Grammatical Blunder? by Urgent1Million: 12:37pm On May 26
Oyibo English = crease
Nigerian English = gator
I am a Nigerian, so gator it is!!
Re: Do You Still Commit This Grammatical Blunder? by Deepspirituals: 12:37pm On May 26
Pidgin English is enough,Just understand what I mean when I talk .

Grammar no be my father's Language Abeg
Re: Do You Still Commit This Grammatical Blunder? by RillJ(m): 12:37pm On May 26
grin grin grin grin grin

You dey mind am?

On the gator we shall stand grin grin grin Say No to Christopher, abi na crease e call am self grin

Stephen0mozzy:
No Sir. That gator is the one we hereby declare as APPROPRIATE.

You no see how the line on the trousers straight like aligator spinal cord?

Crease kor Grease ni 🤧
Re: Do You Still Commit This Grammatical Blunder? by allabig(m): 12:37pm On May 26
Gator gator gator
Gator gato gator
Gator gator gator
Gator gator gator
Gator gator gator
Gator gator gator
Gator gator gator
Gator gato gator
Gator gator gator
Gator gator gator
Gator gator gator
Gator gator gator
Re: Do You Still Commit This Grammatical Blunder? by pongwa(m): 12:37pm On May 26
grin
Rapmoney:
That is why they give you TOEFL and IELTS to write, and take your hard earned money.
op resembles a slave o abi
Re: Do You Still Commit This Grammatical Blunder? by Rapmoney(op): 12:37pm On May 26
ekukeku:
Even d op no say
Gator na d correct one
He just dey play us
I can clearly see why we have terrible leaders ruling terrible people in Nigeria.
Re: Do You Still Commit This Grammatical Blunder? by pongwa(m): 12:38pm On May 26
Rapmoney:
They won't understand. They think everything is cruise. That's why they get rejected for teaching jobs.
you still don't get it do you?
Re: Do You Still Commit This Grammatical Blunder? by Rapmoney(op): 12:38pm On May 26
pongwa:
;Dop resembles a slave o abi
Is that what your father did before freedom?
Re: Do You Still Commit This Grammatical Blunder? by KingOfAmebo(m): 12:39pm On May 26
Rapmoney:
That is why they give you TOEFL and IELTS to write, and take your hard earned money.
That is one big scam our fooolish Nigerian politicians cannot stop, They colonized us and forced us to speak English yet require us to prove that we can speak the language we can speak to enter their country, Is that not madness? No be juju be that?...grin grin grin

Re: Do You Still Commit This Grammatical Blunder? by dododawa1: 12:39pm On May 26
Gramma Gramma Gramma Gramma










Nigerians wake up from slavery
Re: Do You Still Commit This Grammatical Blunder? by pongwa(m): 12:40pm On May 26
Rapmoney:
Is that what your father did before freedom?
same thing your ancestors did bro. You wanna deny?

I'm emancipated though
Re: Do You Still Commit This Grammatical Blunder? by airsaylongcome: 12:40pm On May 26
Same you will come and say color and colour are correct because one is American and English. What makes gator and crease correct: one Nigerian one English/American?
Re: Do You Still Commit This Grammatical Blunder? by GloriousGbola: 12:40pm On May 26
Rapmoney:
Do you still say 'My trousers has gators' or 'I want to put gators on my trousers'? If you do, it is totally wrong in standard English. This is the reason why some Nigerians get rejected for teaching jobs in the UK and in the US.

When you address grammatical mistakes, people that hate learning and knowledge, and those who don't know the essence of correct communication in business in formal environments will argue unnecessarily with you from a baseless perspective.

Gator is a short word for "alligator," which is a large reptile. In very specific, rare fashion contexts, a "gator" can also refer to a material or leather texture that looks like crocodile skin, but it is never used to describe clothing lines.

WHAT TO SAY:
1. My trousers has a sharp crease
2. Our trousers have sharp creases
3. I want to make the crease of my trousers to be sharp.

Crease is the line, mark, or ridge produced on fabric when it is folded and ironed.

I hope you have learnt something today?

I am WarriParrot.
Op is the kind of person to say that car trunk and hood are bad English.

Or that it is not spelt color.

OP should go and check how many variants of English there are when installing windows
Re: Do You Still Commit This Grammatical Blunder? by Rapmoney(op): 12:41pm On May 26
KingOfAmebo:
That is one big scam our fooolish Nigerian politicians cannot stop, They colonized us and forced us to speak English yet require us to prove that we can speak the language we can speak to enter their country, Is that not madness? No be juju be that?...grin grin grin
Go and find out why countries like Barbados, Ghana, etc are considered English speaking countries in the UK in terms of admission and employment, but Nigerians need to write TOEFL or IELTS to scale through.
Re: Do You Still Commit This Grammatical Blunder? by Tenses: 12:41pm On May 26
Gator wey we don dey use still 1690 to ti pé.

Abeg it is too late.

Imagine tell this semi-literate dry-cleaner "Make the crease sharp on the trousers 👖 "

Omo that your trousers 👖 no go return the same.
Re: Do You Still Commit This Grammatical Blunder? by fasho01(m): 12:42pm On May 26
I don't say it any longer but even if I were to say it, I'd use the informal way to ensure the message is passed

In a formal setting, hopefully, I remember that it's crease and not a shortened form of crocodile abi alligator cheesy
Re: Do You Still Commit This Grammatical Blunder? by Kobicove(m): 12:42pm On May 26
The grammatical error I find most annoying is using the word "Am" to start a sentence instead of "I am" or "I'm"
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