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There are standard and non standard usages in Nigerian English at the syntactic and lexical level. This could be as a result of, article omission, tautology, influence of social structure coinage and expressions. Examples:

Non standard Standard
Don't reverse back your car Don't reverse your car
I hear English I understand English
We can't end up thanking God We can't stop thanking God
A trial will convince you A try will convince you
The rain beat me I was drenched by the rain
The accountant is not on seat The accountant is not available
I want to chase or toast that girl I want to woo or court that girl

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Nice topic . . But try arranging the wrong and the right insteat of clustering them

mesoade:
Nice topic . . But try arranging the wrong and the right insteat of clustering them

Yes I tried modifying it by spacing but apparently there was network problem.