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YOLOHOMMIE:
yeyenatu tank u.
. . .I no knw say u get body like dis ooo.


#YOLO

Hawlahscho:
THE COMMON SILLY MISTAKES/ERRORS PEOPLE MAKE IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE.


They say "nobody is above mistake", that's is nothing but the truth, one of my lecturers does say; "error is when u don't know d right thing before saying the wrong thing, while mistake is when u know d right thing but u said d wrong thing"

Everybody is liable to mistakes of course, either silly or not, but some people are not expected to make silly mistakes, else it'll be categorized as unprofessional.

There was a day, I went to file a fresh case @d magistrate court Isabo Abeokuta, normally, any for m[/b]e, any time I find myself in an/a official/formal organization like that, I express myself in English language because that's d official language, so after [b]greeting[/b]s, [b]I explained to a woman what I came to do;
I: Ma, I came to file a new case, this is my first time of doing that, please how do I go about it?
The Woman: "E ko iranu siwaju joo, won a ma so Oyinbo bi eni pe won o gbo Yoruba, Oloyinbo o ki ku sile, America ni won n ku si." (Get out with rubbish, they'll be speaking English as if they don't understand Yoruba, English men don't die @home, they die in America). I was so embarrassed as the people there bursted into laughter, I just smiled it off as if it was nothing, I later replied, "E joo ma, bawo ni mo se ma se e?" (Please ma, how do I do it?) She directed me to one young man in d same office, I turned to his table, he looked @me and began to laugh again, "that's how they form as if they can even speak d correct English" he said. I was so annoyed but I didn't show it facially because what I went there to do was very important, he was still attending to me when a man of about 80years old that looks like a professor came in with his son, he followed d grown up son for age declaration or affidavit, the man requested for a teller so that his son could go and pay d necessary fees first;
The old man: Please, where can I get teller so that my son will go and pay d necessary fees?
The young man: Am sorry, there is no teller @d moment, I've WENT to REQUESTED for it more than 5times today.
The old man: You have what!!!?
The young man: I said I have WENT to REQUESTED for d teller several times today.
The old man: Oh my God! People like you still make such mistake? This is not professional @all, young man, it is not "I have WENT", it'll "I have GONE", and why should u say "to REQUESTED" when the correct thing is "to REQUEST". Please son, watch d way you speak English, it'll not our language though but your post here demands something fluent. The people on the queue were already laughing their lungs lungs out while d young man was just numb, I didn't know when I bursted into laughter too, I looked @his face again it was like "shit wey rain beat " , I cautioned my laughter until I left d office, I laugh each time I remember how d old man reacted to d "gunshot" that day. That triggered me to list out some common silly mistakes people make knowingly / unknowingly:

1: Auxiliary verbs mis-usage
From the young man's error above, he used the auxiliary verb "have" which d followed verb must be in part participle. "I have gone"

2: "To" and verb
When "to" is used, the followed verb must be in present tense; "I have come to tell you"

3: "Did" and verb
The same rule with "to", when u use "did", then ur next verb has to be present tense. That reminds me of what happened to me some years back, I accompanied my friend to choir rehearsal, a guy asked me if I came for rehearsal too, "No, I did not came for the rehearsal", I said, the guy was like "pardon?" I realized that I've "shot", I responded immediately "I said no, I just accompanied him to rehearsal"

4: Rules of Concord
This is well known to people, I still wonder why they misuse it pretty well.
i: When the noun or pronoun is singular, the verb too should be singular, e.g "Lalasticla uses 23 hours online out of his 24 hours in a day"
ii: When the noun or pronoun is plural, d verb should be plural. E.g "I wonder if Nairaland moderators work somewhere else"

5: Mis-usage of singular verb "does"
Especially in negative sentences, after using "does", the next verb, d next verb should not be in singular again: "He does not know" He does not knows

6: You can correct my mistakes/errors and add yours



Hawlahscho

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Hawlahscho:
What if I really don't know that they are blunders

I'll appreciate if u can point them out.
THERE ARE TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS THERE THOUGH, I JUST IGNORED THEM FOR SOME REASONS.

kokomilala:
Nice! But, there's a part of Concord that you didn't talk about-Notional Concord.In notional concord, which is very predominantly used in British English, the idea of plurality is embedded in a word, even if the word appears singular.For instance, government, team etc.If you notice, during English Premiership matches, you hear commentators say things like:'Arsenal are a delight to watch...Or, 'Chelsea are desperately defending...' The idea of plurality is hidden in words like Arsenal and Chelsea.These commentators, it has to be stated, are professional speakers.

Hawlahscho:
What if I really don't know that they are blunders

I'll appreciate if u can point them out.
THERE ARE TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS THERE THOUGH, I JUST IGNORED THEM FOR SOME REASONS.

Aminat508:
lolz
Yeyenatu

YOLOHOMMIE:
this one u dey laugh like dis ...i hope,say all is well .
besides y u run commot for rap battle section. . .na because of teddymiyaki?

#YOLO

harristo:
Which one is advanced grammar again.

Ordinary grammar is difficult enough for most people, still you are mentioning advanced grammar.

aoshi:
Exactly too. I ain't good with English myself but i think the word "burst" is "burst" be it past participle, present or future tense. So "everybody bursted out laughing" should be "everybody burst out laughing"
Cheers.

dipopooo:
seize

babyfaceafrica:
Nice one..I noticed certain grammatical blundes in this piece,please do proof read nd modify..stay blessed

dinkyicon:
im using this platform to inform nd correct my igbo brethren that there is nothing like ....pre-par its prepare(prepair) nd derz nothing like deter myne... but determine (determean) nd nothing like ya but your

EggovinMma:
Yea I know. Grammatical rules in respect to Standard British English isn't it?
In other Englishes there are no such rules .You can't be a better speaker than the British.

Aminat508:
i i dont understand u nah? Rara section how? Where? When?

Hawlahscho:
I dodged d bullet though

Hawlahscho:
What's Obodo
the one I know is a footballer

Hawlahscho:
What's Obodo

the one I know is a footballer

[/quote][quote author=Olufemiolaolu post=37319542]Ur comment dey confuse me walahi? Isnt d rules from d British? Which sch u go sef? Dis rules re supreme in any spoken English anywia ok. I dont knw what u re trying 2 drive home really?

AncientJerk:
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I am having trouble with my formatting but OP take note that there are piles of terrible errors in your writing, particularly the abuse and misuse of comma's. You certainly ought to know better.

Hawlahscho:
THE COMMON SILLY MISTAKES/ERRORS PEOPLE MAKE IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE.


They say "nobody is above mistake", that's is nothing but the truth, one of my lecturers does say; "error is when u don't know d right thing before saying the wrong thing, while mistake is when u know d right thing but u said d wrong thing"

Everybody is liable to mistakes of course, either silly or not, but some people are not expected to make silly mistakes, else it'll be categorized as unprofessional.

There was a day, I went to file a fresh case @d magistrate court Isabo Abeokuta, normally, any for me, any time I find myself in an/a official/formal organization like that, I express myself in English language because that's d official language, so after greetings, I explained to a woman what I came to do;
I: Ma, I came to file a new case, this is my first time of doing that, please how do I go about it?
The Woman: "E ko iranu siwaju joo, won a ma so Oyinbo bi eni pe won o gbo Yoruba, Oloyinbo o ki ku sile, America ni won n ku si." (Get out with rubbish, they'll be speaking English as if they don't understand Yoruba, English men don't die @home, they die in America). I was so embarrassed as the people there bursted into laughter, I just smiled it off as if it was nothing, I later replied, "E joo ma, bawo ni mo se ma se e?" (Please ma, how do I do it?) She directed me to one young man in d same office, I turned to his table, he looked @me and began to laugh again, "that's how they form as if they can even speak d correct English" he said. I was so annoyed but I didn't show it facially because what I went there to do was very important, he was still attending to me when a man of about 80years old that looks like a professor came in with his son, he followed d grown up son for age declaration or affidavit, the man requested for a teller so that his son could go and pay d necessary fees first;
The old man: Please, where can I get teller so that my son will go and pay d necessary fees?
The young man: Am sorry, there is no teller @d moment, I've WENT to REQUESTED for it more than 5times today.
The old man: You have what!!!?
The young man: I said I have WENT to REQUESTED for d teller several times today.
The old man: Oh my God! People like you still make such mistake? This is not professional @all, young man, it is not "I have WENT", it'll "I have GONE", and why should u say "to REQUESTED" when the correct thing is "to REQUEST". Please son, watch d way you speak English, it'll not our language though but your post here demands something fluent. The people on the queue were already laughing their lungs lungs out while d young man was just numb, I didn't know when I bursted into laughter too, I looked @his face again it was like "shit wey rain beat " , I cautioned my laughter until I left d office, I laugh each time I remember how d old man reacted to d "gunshot" that day. That triggered me to list out some common silly mistakes people make knowingly / unknowingly:

1: Auxiliary verbs mis-usage
From the young man's error above, he used the auxiliary verb "have" which d followed verb must be in part participle. "I have gone"

2: "To" and verb
When "to" is used, the followed verb must be in present tense; "I have come to tell you"

3: "Did" and verb
The same rule with "to", when u use "did", then ur next verb has to be present tense. That reminds me of what happened to me some years back, I accompanied my friend to choir rehearsal, a guy asked me if I came for rehearsal too, "No, I did not came for the rehearsal", I said, the guy was like "pardon?" I realized that I've "shot", I responded immediately "I said no, I just accompanied him to rehearsal"

4: Rules of Concord
This is well known to people, I still wonder why they misuse it pretty well.
i: When the noun or pronoun is singular, the verb too should be singular, e.g "Lalasticla uses 23 hours online out of his 24 hours in a day"
ii: When the noun or pronoun is plural, d verb should be plural. E.g "I wonder if Nairaland moderators work somewhere else"

5: Mis-usage of singular verb "does"
Especially in negative sentences, after using "does", the next verb, d next verb should not be in singular again: "He does not know" He does not knows

6: You can correct my mistakes/errors and add yours



Hawlahscho

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harristo:
Which one is advanced grammar again.

Ordinary grammar is difficult enough for most people, still you are mentioning advanced grammar.

Hawlahscho:
The young man: Am sorry, there is no teller @d moment, I've WENT to REQUESTED for it more than 5times today.[/color]

dinkyicon:
im using this platform to inform nd correct my igbo brethren that there is nothing like ....pre-par its prepare(prepair) nd derz nothing like deter myne... but determine (determean) nd nothing like ya but your

dinkyicon:
im using this platform to inform nd correct my igbo brethren that there is nothing like ....pre-par its prepare(prepair) nd derz nothing like deter myne... but determine (determean) nd nothing like ya but your

EggovinMma:
I read it well.Go feed your family with British accent! :

Hawlahscho:
Why should u be d FTC when am the OP

I typed bursted instead of bust bullet of life, thanks to those who corrected politely.