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Genny is good. But being described as the Angelina Jolie of Africa is not enough reason to start a thread, or even pop Champagne.

Genny is reaping the fruit from the tree of time. Steph, no doubt, will reap hers when due. I have a deep respect for the duo.

^^ I sincerely think your post belongs to the Jokes Section. I don't think the answers to these 'questions' will improve your grasp of English language. That's my opinion, though.

These days it is hard for an ugly guy to find true love. If you have money, it gets worse. The girls will leave you with a broken heart and a broken bank account. What must ugly guys do to find true love?

tot you are only in this thread.

Hmm, there's nothing that can be hidden under the sun. . .

Odunnu:
Plz dont do it again!
Are u from imezi?
Its like a gurl wearin a stripped shirt on a flowered stirt.
For your trouser to be used,you must get a plain shirt and wear it with it.

Thanks. It's good to ask questions coz I'm not a fashion freak, though I dress cool, ALWAYS!

Na so so sneeze I dey sneeze. Slap slap everywhere. Haba! Wetin I do?

I bought a brown striped trouser a while ago and wore it a few times till someone told me not to wear a check or even an equally striped shirt on it, that it's against fashion rule or something like that. I abandoned the trouser which is still new. Today I bought a nice striped shirt that matched the trouser. I was happy till I remembered what the person said. Please, is it true? Is it unfashionable?

Mine are Seun, Aisha2, Jarus, Ola Olabiy. Reason: they don't use foul words, at least I've not seen them use it. And if you don't use foul language, you're my favourite Nairalander!

This ain't good.The ban should have tarried so we could sort out our problems.

One less hypocrite! One less sycophant!

^^Thanks.

ola olabiy:
English textbook? I have not seen one in ages. And, I am not kidding you, slap1.

I will check bookstores, sha.
But, trust me, the best way is to read newspapers and magazines, journals, etc.


This is a sure-fire way to take your understanding of the lang up a notch.

But, you are a student of English. You need it.

It's laudable that you've got all these safely tucked away in your brain. You are to be envied! Well, as for reading magazines, journals et al, I make sure I do that. I've gone through today's edition of The Sun, Punch and Vanguard. But may I ask how long( and how) you researched in English language before you became so well-informed about the subject?

ola olabiy:
I hope sey u no dey test me sha o, because me I be professor oo. Not kidding oo .


Now, let me answer your question.

Simply put, this is when an adjective is turned into a noun. The use of of an adjective as the head of a noun (noun phrase).

Eg Careless. When nominalised, becomes carelessness.

Clever turns into cleverness when nominalised.

What about this one: Glamour. This is a noun.

But 'glamorous' is an adjective. We can, however, nominalise this adjective and use it as a noun. Thus, it becomes glamourisation.

Let me surprise you. The word 'nominalisation' you mentioned is a nominalised adjective as well. It is formed from 'nominal' which is an adjective. When nominalised it becomes nominalisation.

But, nominalisation can also be done with zero-derivation. This is when you don't have to change the form of the adjective.

Eg. The government is on a new offensive (N). As you can see, 'offensive' here is a noun.

But, consider this one: His comment is very offensive (adjective). 'Offensive' here is an adjective.

It can also be a form of gerund (please, try to understand the difference between a gerund and present participle). I worked extensively on this when I was in Nigeria.

An example here is 'driving'.

Wow! Who says I'm losing out totally because of the strike? I'm certainly motivated. Will definitely do some work with my English grammar text book when I get back to Aba today. I'm impressed to the brim! @Ola please recommend a good English text book for me. Thanks.

ola olabiy:
Kai, e be like sey u dey high yourself small o. U like alcohol.


'WINE' can be countable or uncountable. It is up to you, here.

But 'alcohol' is uncountable

Now, send a Dom Perignom to my address. Cristal is not bad, as well.

U sef like better thing!

I have a feelings-detector, so you're hiding your feelings at your own peril! Ask O---, never mind.

190:
Imagine driving 15hrs just because of a Gurl~

Is Omolola the girl?

Omolola1:
ROTFLMAO! they are plenty but its the one I LOVE THE MOST cos am so in love with my DOG!

Is 190 the dog?

Odunnu:
Just keep passing oh!!!

Definitely. U no see my face? I dey vex, too.

Odunnu:
Just keep passing oh!!!

Definitely. U no see my face? I dey vex, too.

Had to be kissing the tears off her cheeks. Now I don't even know if that's romantic! Is it?

Just passing. . .

mafolayomi:
abor mbaise

My mum - God bless her soul - is from Ezinihitte Mbaise. Welcome!

koastar:
You are welcome. The correct one is "it is" or "it's". Because the pronunciation of "it's" sounds like "is", so people misuse "is" for "it's" when writing.

I'm convinced. Thanks.

ola olabiy:
POSER.


World War II.

Second World War.


Which one is correct, my people?

Sorry!
Which one is better (formal)?

I'll go with World War ll. The other one seems to refer to the war in the second world. Is there a second world?

ola olabiy:
POSER

'It is high time . . . . . . . . .'

In what form do you expect any verb that follows this clause?

Present tense?

Past tense?

Past participle?

Abeg, make una answer.

Past tense.

Youngichou:
Yes, my guess was right, Absolutely.  i knew this would be a yoruba man.
now where is that silly BLUETOOTH on NL, i know you are around and online so pls what will you say to your tribal man's action.
YORUBA'S are very very irresponsible, so irresponsible. Infact i lack the grammatical word to use and qualify then. A Niger Delta man will never do this, never ever i dont know of the igbos or hausa's
@Mukina  you are the best and most responsible yoruba guy i have seen or heard on earth, i never believed you could post this on the front page. INfact Mukina now i know you are working on that shoutbox.

Yesterday someone said you sound like a child and should stop posting on NL. I wanted to rebuke the person but stopped. Now I thank God I didn't.

^^Mr Cork, nko?

hustla:
Le Clericuzzio et Mafioso

Now there's a Mario Puzo fan.

La Boutique De Craze for French. Or Boutiquo De Crazini, for Italian.

Go to an Italian or French forum, it's obvious the boutique is not for us anyway.