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Inability to speak good English can never make you un smart

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.

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Not a problem as long as you understand that some born and bred British students still score "F" in English classes.

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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.

Say after me: My trousers "have," not "has." "This is so because "trousers" is a plural-only noun.

Next tomorrow was nothing but today it's something.

Gator is fine. You cannot say sharp crease to refer to the specific line on the trouser.

A sharp crease can mean a lot of things and more importantly, it's not specific.

Not everything is known in the English language and it's a sign of low intelligent to try and give everything an English name.

Just as some people call akara, bean cake or whatever.

It's gator. It's what we call it.

na money we dey find to able to survive this Tinubu government .....who good grammar epp

Besides, English no be our mother language.

Odumeje rightly said, as an Afrikan, if you make mistake trying to speak English, you are collekt

Rapmoney:
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.

Baba…..Na gator…. See the tail … see the trousers

RightToReject:
Say after me: My trousers "have," not "has." "This is so because "trousers" is a plural-only noun.

You're deceiving yourself. Trousers is a pair. It is 'has' and not 'have'. I'm sure you didn't pass English in school.

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.

English is a language, not a measure of intelligence.

Never look down on anyone for speaking incorrect or broken english.

It means they speak more than one language.

How many others can British & Americans speak?🤷🏽‍♂️

CandidSeeker:
English is a language, not a measure of intelligence.

Never look down on anyone for speaking incorrect or broken english.

It means they speak more than one language.

How many others can British & Americans speak?🤷🏽‍♂️

Why not replace English in WAEC and NECO with your local language? Tell your school or your employer that 'English is just a language '.

Rapmoney:
You're deceiving yourself. Trousers is a pair. It is 'has' and not 'have'. I'm sure you didn't pass English in school.

… baba its not bad to admit mistake and correct yourself instead of resulting to insult as defence…..

U wey come teach grammar nor sabi concord,….u just Dey jump on mentions they insult pple

WatchYourSix:
… baba its not bad to admit mistake and correct yourself instead of resulting to insult as defence…..

U wey come teach grammar nor sabi concord,….u just Dey jump on mentions they insult pple

RESORTING and not RESULTING.

Rapmoney:
RESORTING and not RESULTING.

I admit my error… have u admitted yours….??


U dont even know why it should be have and not has.. as pointed out by righttoreject

Rapmoney:
You're deceiving yourself. Trousers is a pair. It is 'has' and not 'have'. I'm sure you didn't pass English in school.

Conceit can never allow small people like you to grow.

RightToReject:
Conceit can never allow small people like you to grow.

He’s not only proud ….. he also doesnt know why it should be have and not has in the first place….

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.

See wetin dem dey carry come front page as if English is our language. I have never seen anyone correcting the mistakes in the way we speak our native dialects. Mental slavery is still around.

Op if you like sermonise it from now till the end of the world, our gators remain gators forever. We inherited the gators and we will handle it over to the unborn generations. Come to think of it, Op is it your gator?

I don’t have any intention to live or work in any foreign country. So I can manage my Nigerian English. Those who have intention to Japa one day, should take note.

WatchYourSix:
He’s not only proud ….. he also doesnt know why it should be have and not has in the first place….

Don't mind the guy. I didn't even bother to read more than two lines on his OP because of more than two obvious errors he made in the sentences, and that is someone who wants to form an English expert.

It's obvious that he hasn't known about plural-only nouns before now, which include words like accessories, glasses, goggles, pliers, tweezers, binoculars, scissors, and tongs.

That said, no one knows it all, and no one is above mistakes.

I'm GATORING my trousers

WatchYourSix:
I admit my error… have u admitted yours….??


U dont even know why it should be have and not has.. as pointed out by righttoreject

Yes, I admit it is 'have' and not 'has'. Thank you. It was an error.

RightToReject:
Don't mind the guy. I didn't even bother to read more than two lines on his OP because of more than two obvious errors he made in the sentences, and that is someone who wants to form an English expert.

It's obvious that he hasn't known about plural-only nouns before now, which include words like accessories, glasses, goggles, pliers, tweezers, binoculars, scissors, and tongs.

That said, no one knows it all, and no one is above mistakes.

That was an error. It is supposed to be 'have'.

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 🤧

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 🤧

Hahahaha
But why can't we just have our own English and let the world just recognise it?
Must we copy everything oyibo handed to us?

Rapmoney:
Why not replace English in WAEC and NECO with your local language? Tell your school or your employer that 'English is just a language '.

You can also create an altar for english language in your house & worship it everyday🤣🤣🤣

Thanks, from today I'll use crease. So, I need a crease on my trouser.

Stephen0mozzy:
I'd rather take Gatorade Sir.

😂😂😂😂 nice come back

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.

Let's correct the corrector:

Rapmoney:
If you do, it is totally wrong in standard English.

“Totally wrong” is informal and absolute.

More formal wording: “If you do, that usage is non-standard in British or American English.”

Rapmoney:
This is the reason why some Nigerians get rejected for teaching jobs in the UK and in the US.

Understandable, but stylistically awkward and makes a sweeping statement without facts.

Better: “This is one reason some Nigerians are rejected…”

or

“This may be one reason some Nigerians are rejected…”

“The reason why” is often considered redundant in formal writing.

Rapmoney:
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.

There's a problem here with the relative pronoun choice.

"People THAT hate" ought to be "people WHO hate"

Rapmoney:
hate learning and knowledge

Awkward. Knowledge is not usually something people “hate” grammatically in this construction.

Better: “people who dislike learning…”

or

“people who resist correction…”

Rapmoney:
the essence of correct communication in business in formal environments

Clumsy and awkward phrasing.

Better: “the importance of effective communication in professional environments.”

Rapmoney:
argue unnecessarily with you from a baseless perspective

Poor collocation, making the statement awkward and unnatural.

Better: “argue with you without a sound basis”

or

“object without evidence.”

Rapmoney:
Gator is a short word for ‘alligator' but it is never used to describe clothing lines.

Not really a grammar issue but a semantic/factual issue. “Clothing lines” means fashion brands/collections. The discussion concerns trouser creases, not fashion labels.

Better: “…but it is not used in standard English to describe trouser creases.”

Rapmoney:
Crease is the line, mark, or ridge…

Wrong article.

Better: "A crease is a line, mark, or ridge…”

Rapmoney:
I hope you have learnt something today?

Punctuation issue. This should generally be “I hope you have learnt something today.”

Full stop and not a question mark, unless the OP is genuinely asking: “Have you learnt something today?”

Your post criticizing others’ English contains several grammar, style, diction, and usage problems itself.

Mine probably does too but...so's the way of the world 😊

If gator is Nigeria alternative word for British crease then let it be. Why must we always conform to foreign culture, we have ours let's embrace them and be proud of them. Bristol and other Caucasian believe there is no world outside Europe and north America and they are not even striving to have that knowledge like we African do. We need to believe more in ourselves

Neoteny:
Let's correct the corrector:




“Totally wrong” is informal and absolute.

More formal wording: “If you do, that usage is non-standard in British or American English.”



Understandable, but stylistically awkward and makes a sweeping statement without facts.

Better: “This is one reason some Nigerians are rejected…”

or

“This may be one reason some Nigerians are rejected…”

“The reason why” is often considered redundant in formal writing.



There's a problem here with the relative pronoun choice.

"People THAT hate" ought to be "people WHO hate"




Awkward. Knowledge is not usually something people “hate” grammatically in this construction.

Better: “people who dislike learning…”

or

“people who resist correction…”




Clumsy and awkward phrasing.

Better: “the importance of effective communication in professional environments.”




Poor collocation, making the statement awkward and unnatural.

Better: “argue with you without a sound basis”

or

“object without evidence.”




Not really a grammar issue but a semantic/factual issue. “Clothing lines” means fashion brands/collections. The discussion concerns trouser creases, not fashion labels.

Better: “…but it is not used in standard English to describe trouser creases.”



Wrong article.

Better: "A crease is a line, mark, or ridge…”




Punctuation issue. This should generally be “I hope you have learnt something today.”

Full stop and not a question mark, unless the OP is genuinely asking: “Have you learnt something today?”

Your post criticizing others’ English contains several grammar, style, diction, and usage problems itself.

Mine probably does too but...so's the way of the world 😊

You should have checked the validity of your claims before quoting me. Argue with evidence, not for the sake of arguing just to dispute without sound references.

The only error in my post is using 'has' instead of 'have' for trousers (oversight) which you could not even point out. Every other thing you mentioned is balderdash.

I think the essence of communication is to encode a message to a receiver to decode and once the receiver was able to decode the msg communication has taken place. The question now is does Nigerian know the meaning of gator?

SmartyPants:
ya a funny guy. I for like add one or two cold stout to ya Gatorade

Make them ship am come 😅🤣