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Re: Some Grammatical Blunders To Avoid by Opiletool(m): 6:44pm On May 04, 2019

Nat404:
Please change that to who. If you really want to learn English, then you have to learn in a native way.

Dude shut your arrogant stinking mouth up and learn. I will not school you further, like I said, a simple Google search will cure your gift-wrapped ignorance.

Re: Some Grammatical Blunders To Avoid by bamasite(m): 7:08pm On May 04, 2019

Cool

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Re: Some Grammatical Blunders To Avoid by uniqUN(m): 7:29pm On May 04, 2019

MissRaine69:
It does matter if it’s being done under the guise of “teaching people” mofo!

OH what a teacher. Teacher don't teach me nonsense

Re: Some Grammatical Blunders To Avoid by StudyCrestLtd: 7:30pm On May 04, 2019

Rapmoney:
You are correct. Most people in Nigeria call it 'fek'.

A word like 'fervent' is erroneously pronounced as 'favent' instead of 'fevent'.

They consciously derived"Fek" because they think of "Bleep"when the call "fok"

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Re: Some Grammatical Blunders To Avoid by Nat404: 7:42pm On May 04, 2019*

TheVictorious:
Let me help your grammar. This is how you should have put it properly...

"Last time, a young boy told me a bird could fly. I said absolutely not. It could not fly (i.e. I said it could not fly). I discovered later that he had pronounced "bird" incorrectly. Then I told him that bird could not be pronounced as bed.

Most schools in Nigeria have so many unqualified teachers".

And for the pronunciation of bird ...what is it supposed to be?

I wrote it that way so that folks here would understand better. I only concentrated on the two words in the context. You could see how I used these two words. That is just pronunciation.

Re: Some Grammatical Blunders To Avoid by Thonee(m): 7:43pm On May 04, 2019

That number 5 na case ooo.

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Re: Some Grammatical Blunders To Avoid by rahymrafiu(m): 7:51pm On May 04, 2019

In a long run (WRONG)
Instead, on a long run

Re: Some Grammatical Blunders To Avoid by WiseStarr(m): 7:53pm On May 04, 2019

OP it should be pronunce not pronounce
Thanks for correcting us

Re: Some Grammatical Blunders To Avoid by Nat404: 7:54pm On May 04, 2019

Opiletool:
Dude shut your arrogant stinking mouth up and learn. I will not school you further, like I said, a simple Google search will cure your gift-wrapped ignorance.

Keep on wallowing about! cheesy

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Re: Some Grammatical Blunders To Avoid by paix(m): 8:34pm On May 04, 2019

BABANGBALI:
who knowledge epp for Nigeria?

Positive change will surely come to Nigeria some day.

Re: Some Grammatical Blunders To Avoid by OGHENAOGIE(m): 8:46pm On May 04, 2019

Rapmoney:
Why don't you write WAEC in your papa's language?

colonialism,d Americans have their English...afta chasing British from diee soil...china is using her mandarin despite been colonised by Britain... today the pidgin we joke with here is valued elsewhere...india has the highest official languages including English in the world...let's develop our languages and pidgin and use it for education and every aspect of development..

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Re: Some Grammatical Blunders To Avoid by Ifebazz(m): 8:53pm On May 04, 2019

Rapmoney:
Some Grammatical Blunders You Should Avoid

We make some grammatical blunders everyday in our interactions with others. I once visited a private school and was disappointed that the instructors in the school were not laying a good foundation for sound grammar for the kids. Children are very sensitive to copying what they see or hear. Teachers in schools and parents at home should be mindful of this because kids copy a lot and are greatly prone to accept what they hear as correct.

Below are some grammatical blunders we should avoid while speaking, especially, to kids:

1) 'Stop matching me' (WRONG).
Instead, say ' Stop stepping on me'. To 'match'
means to walk with quick calculated steps in unison
by a group of people, especially, in the military.

2) 'He is my junior brother' (WRONG).
Instead, they 'He is my younger brother'.

3) 'On my way to Lagos, I'll branch my sister's house'
(WRONG). Instead, say 'On my way to Lagos, I'll visit
my sister or I'll go to my sister's house'. There's no
verb as 'branch' in English which means the same
thing intended by the speaker.

4) 'I saw your missed calls' (WRONG).
Instead, say 'I missed your calls'. The calls were
missed because you didn't pick or not disposed to
do that.

5) 'He is drinking mineral' (WRONG).
Instead, say 'He is drinking mineral water or soda'.
Minerals are natural deposits, they are not foods or
beverages.

6) 'My car is more better than yours' (WRONG).
Instead, say 'My car is better than yours'. MORE and
BETTER are both comparative adjectives. Two
comparative adjectives are not used in same
sentence.

7) 'On the long run' (WRONG).
instead, say 'In the long run'.

8. 'Either Bisi or Ade are coming' (WRONG).
Instead, say 'Either Bisi or Ade is coming'. There are
two subjects in the sentence but only one person will be coming which makes it singular. Remember, 'IS' is a singular verb while 'ARE' is a plural verb.

9) 'Those are the men that caught the thieves'
(WRONG).
Instead, say 'Those are the men who caught the
thieves. 'WHO' and 'THAT' are relative pronouns
in this context. While 'who' is used for humans, 'that'
is used for things and animals.

10) 'They are discussing about the weather' (WRONG).
Instead, say 'They are discussing the weather.

The rest are more of Oral English, Phonics or Speech. That's speaking right.

11) OFTEN, LISTEN - Pronounce them without the letter 'T'. Such as 'ofen' and 'lisen'.
12) PERFECT - Pronounce it as 'pefekt' and not 'pafekt'
13) ATE (past tense of eat) - Pronounce it as 'et' not 'hate'.
14) MARKET, POCKET, BUCKET, ROCKET, etc - Pronounce them as 'markit', 'pockit', 'buckit' and 'rockit'.
15) BUS - It's pronounced correctly as 'bas'.
16) SUITE (in hotels) - Pronounce it as 'sweet' and not 'suit'.
17) EXAMPLE, EXAMINATION - Pronounce them as 'eexample' and 'eexamination' respectively.
18) MILD - Pronounce it as 'mald'.
19) NEEDED (past tense of need) - Pronounce it as 'needid'.
20) COME - Pronounce it as 'cam'.

For those taking IELTS, TOEFL and other English proficiency tests, you need to pay particular attention to the LISTENING SECTION. You may easily misunderstand the speaker if you don't pay attention to things you think do not matter.

We all have an opportunity to learn everyday. Strive to learn new things everyday.

God bless you.

21. Am going there. WRONG. There is nothing like 'am going...' use instead, say or write, 'I am going there' or the short form, 'I'm going there'.
This (AM) is the most abused word in Nigeria and perhaps the world today because Nigerians contribute a large chunk of that population.

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Re: Some Grammatical Blunders To Avoid by Ifebazz(m): 8:58pm On May 04, 2019

22. Borrow me your pen. WRONG
Say instead, lend me your pen.
Or if you must use 'borrow', say something like, please can I borrow your pen?

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Re: Some Grammatical Blunders To Avoid by Ifebazz(m): 9:06pm On May 04, 2019

Blacksavage:
Interesting...
But English no be my papa language..
Na borrow language abeg...

You for use your papa language write WAEC and JAMB nau... undecided

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Re: Some Grammatical Blunders To Avoid by Ifebazz(m): 9:25pm On May 04, 2019

forgiveness:
When will we Africans start using our own language as official language?

We are still speaking the slave master's language even after years of independent.

This is called mental slavery.

The day you start using plantain leaves as your clothes and stop using their cars and aeroplanes and their wines and their tv's etc.
That day, Africans will start using their own as the official language.

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Re: Some Grammatical Blunders To Avoid by forgiveness: 9:54pm On May 04, 2019*

Ifebazz:
The day you start using plantain leaves as your clothes and stop using their cars and aeroplanes and their wines and their tv's etc.
That day, Africans will start using their own as the official language.

So your forefathers were using plantain leaves to cover themselves before the colonial masters brought them clothes? I see. grin

Mine had civilization long before colonial masters came

I hope you understand the word civilization. grin

What you wrote up there portray you as one ignorant fellow.

Re: Some Grammatical Blunders To Avoid by Padyautos: 10:42pm On May 04, 2019

Rapmoney:
16) SUITE (in hotels) - Pronounce it as 'sweet' and not 'suit'.

If SUITE (in hotel) is pronounced as SWEET,
how do we now pronounce SWEET?

Re: Some Grammatical Blunders To Avoid by omodaiye(m): 10:54pm On May 04, 2019

nice one

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Re: Some Grammatical Blunders To Avoid by chukxie(m): 2:02am On May 05, 2019

WiseStarr:
OP it should be pronunce not pronounce
Thanks for correcting us

Are you serious? 'pronounce' is a verb while 'pronunciation' is a noun. "pronunce" is wrong. It doesn't exist.

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Re: Some Grammatical Blunders To Avoid by chukxie(m): 2:17am On May 05, 2019

Padyautos:
If SUITE (in hotel) is pronounced as SWEET,
how do we now pronounce SWEET?

Funny as it sounds but the OP was right. English is a funny but interesting language where tons of words aren't pronounced as they're spelt. Words that have similar pronunciations but are spelt differently and also have different meanings are called homophones.

suite /swiːt/
sweet /swi:/
by vs buy
right vs write
see vs sea
not vs knot
die vs dye
no vs know

Re: Some Grammatical Blunders To Avoid by SpeciallyUnique(m): 4:17am On May 05, 2019

Pronunciation no be problem if you de speak Ghanaian English grin

Na lie I de lie??

Re: Some Grammatical Blunders To Avoid by OsundareSheriff: 7:32am On May 05, 2019

The verb intended in number 1 is "March" not Match

Rapmoney:
Some Grammatical Blunders You Should Avoid

We make some grammatical blunders everyday in our interactions with others. I once visited a private school and was disappointed that the instructors in the school were not laying a good foundation for sound grammar for the kids. Children are very sensitive to copying what they see or hear. Teachers in schools and parents at home should be mindful of this because kids copy a lot and are greatly prone to accept what they hear as correct.

Below are some grammatical blunders we should avoid while speaking, especially, to kids:

1) 'Stop matching me' (WRONG).
Instead, say ' Stop stepping on me'. To 'match'
means to walk with quick calculated steps in unison
by a group of people, especially, in the military.

2) 'He is my junior brother' (WRONG).
Instead, they 'He is my younger brother'.

3) 'On my way to Lagos, I'll branch my sister's house'
(WRONG). Instead, say 'On my way to Lagos, I'll visit
my sister or I'll go to my sister's house'. There's no
verb as 'branch' in English which means the same
thing intended by the speaker.

4) 'I saw your missed calls' (WRONG).
Instead, say 'I missed your calls'. The calls were
missed because you didn't pick or not disposed to
do that.

5) 'He is drinking mineral' (WRONG).
Instead, say 'He is drinking mineral water or soda'.
Minerals are natural deposits, they are not foods or
beverages.

6) 'My car is more better than yours' (WRONG).
Instead, say 'My car is better than yours'. MORE and
BETTER are both comparative adjectives. Two
comparative adjectives are not used in same
sentence.

7) 'On the long run' (WRONG).
instead, say 'In the long run'.

8. 'Either Bisi or Ade are coming' (WRONG).
Instead, say 'Either Bisi or Ade is coming'. There are
two subjects in the sentence but only one person will be coming which makes it singular. Remember, 'IS' is a singular verb while 'ARE' is a plural verb.

9) 'Those are the men that caught the thieves'
(WRONG).
Instead, say 'Those are the men who caught the
thieves. 'WHO' and 'THAT' are relative pronouns
in this context. While 'who' is used for humans, 'that'
is used for things and animals.

10) 'They are discussing about the weather' (WRONG).
Instead, say 'They are discussing the weather.

The rest are more of Oral English, Phonics or Speech. That's speaking right.

11) OFTEN, LISTEN - Pronounce them without the letter 'T'. Such as 'ofen' and 'lisen'.
12) PERFECT - Pronounce it as 'pefekt' and not 'pafekt'
13) ATE (past tense of eat) - Pronounce it as 'et' not 'hate'.
14) MARKET, POCKET, BUCKET, ROCKET, etc - Pronounce them as 'markit', 'pockit', 'buckit' and 'rockit'.
15) BUS - It's pronounced correctly as 'bas'.
16) SUITE (in hotels) - Pronounce it as 'sweet' and not 'suit'.
17) EXAMPLE, EXAMINATION - Pronounce them as 'eexample' and 'eexamination' respectively.
18) MILD - Pronounce it as 'mald'.
19) NEEDED (past tense of need) - Pronounce it as 'needid'.
20) COME - Pronounce it as 'cam'.

For those taking IELTS, TOEFL and other English proficiency tests, you need to pay particular attention to the LISTENING SECTION. You may easily misunderstand the speaker if you don't pay attention to things you think do not matter.

We all have an opportunity to learn everyday. Strive to learn new things everyday.

God bless you.

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Re: Some Grammatical Blunders To Avoid by WiseStarr(m): 12:17pm On May 05, 2019

chukxie:
Are you serious? 'pronounce' is a verb while 'pronunciation' is a noun. "pronunce" is wrong. It doesn't exist.

Pronounce is an American English, while pronunce is British English used in Nigeria
So I guess the spelling is wrong

Re: Some Grammatical Blunders To Avoid by Sleekfingers: 2:55pm On May 05, 2019

Rapmoney:
Some Grammatical Blunders You Should Avoid

We make some grammatical blunders everyday in our interactions with others. I once visited a private school and was disappointed that the instructors in the school were not laying a good foundation for sound grammar for the kids. Children are very sensitive to copying what they see or hear. Teachers in schools and parents at home should be mindful of this because kids copy a lot and are greatly prone to accept what they hear as correct.

Below are some grammatical blunders we should avoid while speaking, especially, to kids:

1) 'Stop matching me' (WRONG).
Instead, say ' Stop stepping on me'. To 'match'
means to walk with quick calculated steps in unison
by a group of people, especially, in the military.

2) 'He is my junior brother' (WRONG).
Instead, they 'He is my younger brother'.

3) 'On my way to Lagos, I'll branch my sister's house'
(WRONG). Instead, say 'On my way to Lagos, I'll visit
my sister or I'll go to my sister's house'. There's no
verb as 'branch' in English which means the same
thing intended by the speaker.

4) 'I saw your missed calls' (WRONG).
Instead, say 'I missed your calls'. The calls were
missed because you didn't pick or not disposed to
do that.

5) 'He is drinking mineral' (WRONG).
Instead, say 'He is drinking mineral water or soda'.
Minerals are natural deposits, they are not foods or
beverages.

6) 'My car is more better than yours' (WRONG).
Instead, say 'My car is better than yours'. MORE and
BETTER are both comparative adjectives. Two
comparative adjectives are not used in same
sentence.

7) 'On the long run' (WRONG).
instead, say 'In the long run'.

8. 'Either Bisi or Ade are coming' (WRONG).
Instead, say 'Either Bisi or Ade is coming'. There are
two subjects in the sentence but only one person will be coming which makes it singular. Remember, 'IS' is a singular verb while 'ARE' is a plural verb.

9) 'Those are the men that caught the thieves'
(WRONG).
Instead, say 'Those are the men who caught the
thieves. 'WHO' and 'THAT' are relative pronouns
in this context. While 'who' is used for humans, 'that'
is used for things and animals.

10) 'They are discussing about the weather' (WRONG).
Instead, say 'They are discussing the weather.

The rest are more of Oral English, Phonics or Speech. That's speaking right.

11) OFTEN, LISTEN - Pronounce them without the letter 'T'. Such as 'ofen' and 'lisen'.
12) PERFECT - Pronounce it as 'pefekt' and not 'pafekt'
13) ATE (past tense of eat) - Pronounce it as 'et' not 'hate'.
14) MARKET, POCKET, BUCKET, ROCKET, etc - Pronounce them as 'markit', 'pockit', 'buckit' and 'rockit'.
15) BUS - It's pronounced correctly as 'bas'.
16) SUITE (in hotels) - Pronounce it as 'sweet' and not 'suit'.
17) EXAMPLE, EXAMINATION - Pronounce them as 'eexample' and 'eexamination' respectively.
18) MILD - Pronounce it as 'mald'.
19) NEEDED (past tense of need) - Pronounce it as 'needid'.
20) COME - Pronounce it as 'cam'.

For those taking IELTS, TOEFL and other English proficiency tests, you need to pay particular attention to the LISTENING SECTION. You may easily misunderstand the speaker if you don't pay attention to things you think do not matter.

We all have an opportunity to learn everyday. Strive to learn new things everyday.

God bless you.

98% of Nigerians speak terrible English..... I mean terrible.....

Re: Some Grammatical Blunders To Avoid by chukxie(m): 3:11pm On May 05, 2019

WiseStarr:
Pronounce is an American English, while pronunce is British English used in Nigeria
So I guess the spelling is wrong

The verb 'pronounce' is spelt the same way both in the British and American English. Let's keep learning, shall we ?

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Re: Some Grammatical Blunders To Avoid by gen2briz(m): 4:11am On May 06, 2019

Rapmoney:
Some Grammatical Blunders You Should Avoid

We make some grammatical blunders everyday in our interactions with others. I once visited a private school and was disappointed that the instructors in the school were not laying a good foundation for sound grammar for the kids. Children are very sensitive to copying what they see or hear. Teachers in schools and parents at home should be mindful of this because kids copy a lot and are greatly prone to accept what they hear as correct.

Below are some grammatical blunders we should avoid while speaking, especially, to kids:

1) 'Stop matching me' (WRONG).
Instead, say ' Stop stepping on me'. To 'match'
means to walk with quick calculated steps in unison
by a group of people, especially, in the military.

2) 'He is my junior brother' (WRONG).
Instead, they 'He is my younger brother'.

3) 'On my way to Lagos, I'll branch my sister's house'
(WRONG). Instead, say 'On my way to Lagos, I'll visit
my sister or I'll go to my sister's house'. There's no
verb as 'branch' in English which means the same
thing intended by the speaker.

4) 'I saw your missed calls' (WRONG).
Instead, say 'I missed your calls'. The calls were
missed because you didn't pick or not disposed to
do that.

5) 'He is drinking mineral' (WRONG).
Instead, say 'He is drinking mineral water or soda'.
Minerals are natural deposits, they are not foods or
beverages.

6) 'My car is more better than yours' (WRONG).
Instead, say 'My car is better than yours'. MORE and
BETTER are both comparative adjectives. Two
comparative adjectives are not used in same
sentence.

7) 'On the long run' (WRONG).
instead, say 'In the long run'.

8. 'Either Bisi or Ade are coming' (WRONG).
Instead, say 'Either Bisi or Ade is coming'. There are
two subjects in the sentence but only one person will be coming which makes it singular. Remember, 'IS' is a singular verb while 'ARE' is a plural verb.

9) 'Those are the men that caught the thieves'
(WRONG).
Instead, say 'Those are the men who caught the
thieves. 'WHO' and 'THAT' are relative pronouns
in this context. While 'who' is used for humans, 'that'
is used for things and animals.

10) 'They are discussing about the weather' (WRONG).
Instead, say 'They are discussing the weather.

The rest are more of Oral English, Phonics or Speech. That's speaking right.

11) OFTEN, LISTEN - Pronounce them without the letter 'T'. Such as 'ofen' and 'lisen'.
12) PERFECT - Pronounce it as 'pefekt' and not 'pafekt'
13) ATE (past tense of eat) - Pronounce it as 'et' not 'hate'.
14) MARKET, POCKET, BUCKET, ROCKET, etc - Pronounce them as 'markit', 'pockit', 'buckit' and 'rockit'.
15) BUS - It's pronounced correctly as 'bas'.
16) SUITE (in hotels) - Pronounce it as 'sweet' and not 'suit'.
17) EXAMPLE, EXAMINATION - Pronounce them as 'eexample' and 'eexamination' respectively.
18) MILD - Pronounce it as 'mald'.
19) NEEDED (past tense of need) - Pronounce it as 'needid'.
20) COME - Pronounce it as 'cam'.

For those taking IELTS, TOEFL and other English proficiency tests, you need to pay particular attention to the LISTENING SECTION. You may easily misunderstand the speaker if you don't pay attention to things you think do not matter.

We all have an opportunity to learn everyday. Strive to learn new things everyday.

God bless you.

Re: Some Grammatical Blunders To Avoid by Rochasstatue(f): 6:49pm On May 07, 2019

Can you spot some grammatical errors in your opening statement?

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Re: Some Grammatical Blunders To Avoid by stormtrooper: 6:53pm On Aug 08, 2019

wow, guys, thank you for information. Frankly speaking I haven't practiced grammar for a long time. Yes, of course I know a little bit English grammar, but frankly speaking, if there won't be red underline when you write incorrectly, then you wouldn't understand me

Personally I remember how much I'd tried to learn English, but I was helped the most when I started exploring English from simple tenses. Really, that site improved a lot my language skills, and I guess it will be helpful for those, who want to start studying English or simply remember it like me

Re: Some Grammatical Blunders To Avoid by Nobody: 7:30pm On Oct 18, 2019

Quite educative

Re: Some Grammatical Blunders To Avoid by annie17: 11:38am On Nov 23, 2020

PhillipPHD please I don't bet ,I just need money to feed this morning 0.0.1.9.6.30501 stabic ibtc please cry

I am not really doing well feeding wise

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