Here are some confusing English Words/Phrases You Probably do Not know. I advise you read this post assiduously and take note of the words below.


1. ALRIGHT

Do you know that the word "alright " is a
wrong word. However, there is no reason for
this, but, its correct form should be "all right".
You should also note that "Already, Almost,
Almighty and Altogether" are correct.


2. THE USE OF "THAT"


The following sentences are wrong


a. I had no idea the house was THAT small.
b. As a pianist he isn't really THAT good.

This use of "THAT" is wrong and is to be avoided. The correct form of the above
sentences are:

a. As a pianist he isn't really as good as that

b. I had no idea that the house was as small as that.

The common expression "that much " and
" that many " should be " as much as" and "as
many as that"



3. ADVERSE TO

You cannot be "averse to" , or " show aversion to". This is because the suffix " to" signifies approach, when the opposite is intended. And as so, you can only be "averse
from" , or show "aversion from" something.



4. TRY AND

When you say " try and " do something, it means you try first, before doing it. Thus, there are two actions involved in the
word " try and ".
" Try to" on the other hand, implies the combined action of trying and doing. Usually the correct expression is " try to",
and when people say "try and " they seldom have the logic meaning in mind.




5. AT ABOUT

When you say

"I shall expect you are about five o'clock."

You are wrong. This is because, "at" applies to " a definite time" . Therefore "at about" is a
confusion of two unlikely, and should be avoided.
The correct sentence should be
" I shall expect you about five o'clock".


6. OUGHT TO

" He ought to, didn't he? " is something we often hear. The correct construction is, " He
ought to, oughtnt't he? Or ought he not? ".




7. CIRCUMSTANCES

" Circumstances " are the events around something. Therefore it is wrong to say " under the circumstances " the correct use
is " in the circumstances ".



Hope this helps you improve your grammatical structure.

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You ought to know that, in this Buhari era, ds kain grammatical tins no dey pay. Oughtn't you?

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So OP, wetin u dey try talk be say make we dey give ourselves headache coz of spoken english abi........ talkn't u?

Noted..... The niggers above me should keep making noise.... don't take Corrections

Great.. We learn everyday

Lalasticlala, this ought to be in front page, oughtn't it?

Oboy eh! When I go for my UK visa interview, na this "oughn't it" I go jus dey shout upandan... one way stamping don sure!

The last one though. I hear white men say it a lot of times

Nobody fit know English finish

OP, add this one as well. We chop yam yesterday. Chopn't we?

Informative article.

However I submit that in your second example "As a pianist he isn't really as good as that" sounds archaic so it should be deprecated

hmmmm

U mean it oooo

English language is so wide and diverse. Thank God for the interest right from time!

I jus wish say na Pidgin aka Broken popular like English.

Thanks for sharing. Educative I must say!

calberian:
You ought to know that, in this Buhari era, ds kain grammatical tins no dey pay. Oughtn't you?

Thanks Op, At Least, I Learnt Smtin Today. No Be Every Time Person Go Dey See Boobs

sureteeboy:
OP, add this one as well.
We chop yam yesterday. Chopn't we?

rule 7 of question tag in PIDGIN
seriously I see no reason why we shouldn't make PIDGin our officially language and build more on it

calberian:
You ought to know that, in this Buhari era, ds kain grammatical tins no dey pay. Oughtn't you?

He Ot !!

Abeg Op if we follow all these rules English will become boring, lets continue with the colloquialism;we are not in the Exam hall.

ALRIGHT ,
We don get THAT which you are AT ABOUT.
We go TRY AND change na,
We are not ADVERSE to learning new things.
We OUGHT to improve by 2019.
Na CIRCUMSTANCES cause am o.

Alright

That number 6 go hard for core igbo man like me to pronounce oh.. ??

afamjb:
That number 6 go hard for core igbo man like me to pronounce oh.. ??

It sounds like òtú ... Ikpu

sureteeboy:
OP, add this one as well.
We chop yam yesterday. Chopn't we?

You love yam, loven't you?

Who English epp


In olamides voice

kini Englishy
Ṣe olè define englishy
Èmi lè define Englishy
Ede kede
Ọ̀rọ̀ koro
Tí iyami ó gbo
Tí bàbá í gbó
Tiwọn fi tipátipá komi
Baby yẹ konra momi

@op

U don't mean it

i have never seen a white man utter that "oughtn't" before... nigerians always trying to be more "English" than the English man.

Samstyle:


7. CIRCUMSTANCES

" Circumstances " are the events around something. Therefore it is wrong to say " under the circumstances " the correct use
is " in the circumstances ".

I disagree with this. In the classic movie Casablanca, the following ensured:
Captain Renault: [With amusement] Under the circumstances I will sit down. ..."

I will rather go with their English.

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2. THE USE OF "THAT"


The following sentences are wrong


a. I had no idea the house was THAT small.
b. As a pianist he isn't really THAT good.

This use of "THAT" is wrong and is to be avoided. The correct form of the above
sentences are:

a. As a pianist he isn't really as good as that

b. I had no idea that the house was as small as that.

The common expression "that much " and
" that many " should be " as much as" and "as
many as that"


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What if I am asking question with it?like is he that good?