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Thursday, July 04, 2019

English Words And Using Them In Context...

This post is about the Common Mistakes People Make...........





It is Thought not Taught When you want to say ''I thought it was this?I thought it was you when i heard the door bell...

The word TAUGHT can only be used to when referring to learning or impacting some kind of Knowledge....

''Your silence Taught me a good lesson'' and NOT your silence ''thought'' me a good lesson..The teacher Taught me well...


 Opening this post does not mean I am perfect in my English,I just want us to use goosip time to learn as well...Lots of you on this Blog Need this Lesson..OMG!!!

 Please post what you know with explanations and lets keep this going....

 Oops,its GOSSIP and not goosip...See i made an error up there..LOL
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65 comments:

  1. Wilder's mistress4 July 2019 at 13:33

    Abeg what's the difference between Brainwash and Hypnotise.

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    1. Anonymous4 July 2019 at 14:38

      Brainwash is more of ideologies forced on someone while hypnotize is not limited to ideology, it could involve more substantial things that can be seen or held to manipulate someone.

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    2. WE BUY CONDEMNED INVERTER BATTERIES:08141395113/090208745244 July 2019 at 15:18

      Ok

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    3. Anonymous5 July 2019 at 01:13

      It is either I am or I’m not am. This particular one annoys me the most

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    4. Nina whyte5 July 2019 at 02:51

      Brain was na to use sense deceive you ordinary brain work while hypnotize na to use jazz jazz you to mumu

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  2. Star Girl4 July 2019 at 13:34

    Being a pilot, I've been to more than 100 countries.

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  3. Lillysimple4 July 2019 at 13:36

    Someone just lay emphasis on Been And Being

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    1. Anonymous4 July 2019 at 18:11

      Been is used after "has and " have". While being is used after "is", "was" and "are".

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  4. HF Beddings,OriginaHoney,Fabrics, Pillows, Towels 09072300391 IG:@hf_emporium_4 July 2019 at 13:42

    It is 'It's' not 'is'. E.g. "It's a boy" not "is a boy". This is a common mistake I have observed.

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  5. Babyface Assassin4 July 2019 at 13:45

    'There' and 'Their'

    There is referring to a PLACE. E.g "they are THERE". "I went THERE"
    While Their is referring to people, or things relating to people. E.g "THEIR marriage is waxing stronger." "I don't like the color of THEIR gate."

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    1. Anonymous4 July 2019 at 14:45

      What about where and were???

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    2. Sapio_Jules4 July 2019 at 16:32

      Where has to do with location. Were is the past tense of are.

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  6. Anonymous4 July 2019 at 13:48

    Stella you deserve ice cream for this post ❤💋💞🤝🏽👏🏽

    It would be really insightful and interesting.


    Blog Professors over to you

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  7. Anonymous4 July 2019 at 13:48

    Stella you deserve ice cream for this post ❤💋💞🤝🏽👏🏽

    It would be really insightful and interesting.


    Blog Professors over to you

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  8. SluttyChic4 July 2019 at 13:53

    A very common mistake...being in place of been and vice verse.
    BEING is something happening presently e.g I am being nice 👅
    BEEN is used when describing a past e.g I have been starved 🧐

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    1. Anonymous4 July 2019 at 19:39

      Mature and Matured

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    2. Hembafan5 July 2019 at 05:21

      He is a mature man. Not he is a matured man.

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  9. Anonymous4 July 2019 at 13:54

    The lady in red NOT the lady on red
    Business card NOT complimentary card
    Switch off the light NOT off the light
    Louder please NOT loud it
    My body aches NOT I'm in pains all over my body
    Deflowered NOT disvirgin
    You eat ice cream NOT I lick ice cream
    I love to see her smiling NOT I love to see her smiles
    Switch on the light NOT on the light
    Hard liquor/spirit NOT hot drink

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    1. Amanda favour4 July 2019 at 14:35

      Thank you for the last one,i just learnt it

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    2. Anonymous4 July 2019 at 14:48

      *I'm in Sifia pain*
      That is what the fifth line reminded me of. LMAO!

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    3. Anonymous4 July 2019 at 18:34

      13:54....But since U dey buy ice cream, na eat U dey eat am????

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    4. Anonymous4 July 2019 at 18:36

      15:54.... It's I love to see her, smile....

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    5. Anonymous4 July 2019 at 23:18

      Anon 15.54 in your haste to correct, you overplayed your hand. Read your sentence again!
      Shorts NOT short knicker
      Glass NOT glass cup
      Coffee table NOT centre table
      Barber shop or Hairdresser's NOT Barbing salon

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    6. Anonymous4 July 2019 at 23:20

      You are a thief NOT your a thief
      Slippers NOT Silpas
      Bathroom NOT Baitroom

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  10. Anonymous4 July 2019 at 13:55

    The Hant was crawling Hinside the Habbey and er Haunty used er igh ell to it Hit.

    Does anyone understand this sentence?
    Can someone write the correct thing?

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    1. Anonymous4 July 2019 at 15:32

      The ant was crawling inside the abbey and her aunty used her high heel to hit it.

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    2. Anonymous4 July 2019 at 18:27

      If your Yoruba gather for a selfie

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    3. Anonymous4 July 2019 at 23:53

      It's you're not your.

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    4. Anonymous4 July 2019 at 23:55

      If "you are" and not if "your"!!!

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  11. MISSY4 July 2019 at 13:58

    Please can somebody break down the difference between "been" and "being". I get confused using them sometimes.

    Thanks

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    1. Chidinma Grace4 July 2019 at 14:47

      They are both verbs. But BEEN is used as a past tense, it is usually used after HAS, HAVE Or HAD, while BEING is used as a present or continuous tense. Example, I have BEEN going there for a while, He has BEEN crying. etc You are just BEING stubborn. Are you the only one BEING disturbed? I can't stop BEING angry at you.

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    2. Anonymous4 July 2019 at 14:48

      Been = past tense
      Being = happening presently

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    3. Anonymous4 July 2019 at 14:59

      Been is used when there is "have & has in a sentence.
      Being is used when you don't have any of the "two words" in a sentence.

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    4. ElizabethBathory4 July 2019 at 17:41

      Been= past tense of 'Be'
      Being= present continuous tense of 'Be'

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  12. Anonymous4 July 2019 at 14:02

    Thank you for this opportunity

    I am a girl
    And not
    Am a girl

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    1. Madam B4 July 2019 at 14:26

      Please can u give more examples? Because the use of am and I'm is confusing.
      For example, I'm finding it difficult to make a sentence with I'm or am.
      Am I correct?
      Oh God, so confusing.

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    2. Anonymous4 July 2019 at 14:50

      Enter there is no english word like am, I think you can only say it but when writing, you don't use it in place of I'm.

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    3. Anonymous4 July 2019 at 15:52

      madam B, u can either say I am or i'm but never am. I'm is a contraction of I am. other exampleds are:
      have not- haven't
      do not- don't
      it is- it's etc.
      a sentence usually consists of a Noun/pronoun/article , verb, object/adjective.
      However, there are verbs that do not carry objects called intransitive verbs.
      AM is a form of the verb be, it can't begin a sentence without a Noun or Article.

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    4. Madam B4 July 2019 at 16:32

      Thanks annon.

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    5. Hembafan5 July 2019 at 05:24

      I'm a girl not am a girl.

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  13. Keshy4 July 2019 at 14:03

    it is "bought" not "but
    I 'bought' grilled fish today at shoprite
    The word bought is the past tense of buy while the latter is used for excluding e.g no one answered the door when I knocked, so I had no choice 'but' to leave

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  14. Anonymous4 July 2019 at 14:06

    Mine is "Advice" and "Advise" when writing. I mistake one for the other sometimes so I avoid using either of them at all, especially when needed.

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    1. Amanda favour4 July 2019 at 14:33

      @ anon ADVICE is a NOUN while ADVISE is a VERB. So when writing, know whether you want to write it as a verb or noun, then you know which one to use e.g:
      I need ADVICE from BVs (noun)
      Bvs ADVISED her (verb)

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    2. Anonymous4 July 2019 at 15:36

      @Amanda Favour, a big thank you to you.

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    3. Anonymous4 July 2019 at 17:58

      @Keshy, your first example should be:
      *It's been *a while*... NOT.... Its been awhile..

      That's just the same as .. It has been a while....

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  15. Keshy4 July 2019 at 14:16

    'Been' is the past participle of 'be' while 'being' is the state of existence
    for example: its 'been' awhile I saw Adamu... I have 'being' having cramps lately
    Don't know if you understand

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    1. Lucent 4 July 2019 at 14:55

      Second example is wrong. I have been having cramps lately. Continuous tense.

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    2. Anonymous4 July 2019 at 15:11

      your first example is correct, but i don't agree with the second one

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  16. Eghe4 July 2019 at 14:47

    It’s I can recite it “off heart” not off head

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  17. EhisMoore4 July 2019 at 14:57



    "Advice" is a NOUN.

    Example Given:

    My dad gave me some ADVICE regarding whom to marry ( pls note it doesn't and should never have a plural form... Nothing like ADVICES)

    while

    "Advise" is a VERB. Advise is an action word hence, it's can be used in the past, present or future tense form..

    E.G: 1. My dad ADVISED me on whom to marry.

    2. I will do my best to ADVISE him on the issue.

    3. I will be ADVISING a group of teenagers on drugs come Sunday, July 7, 2019.

    4. I was ADVISED not to take that route ever again.

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  18. Anonymous4 July 2019 at 14:59

    Passport NOT international passport. It is the document you present to a nation’s authority to help you “pass a port” quite literally into another country. There is no such national or local equivalent so you do not need to qualify a passport as being international.

    The picture placed in such documents is a passport photograph NOT a passport.

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  19. Anonymous4 July 2019 at 16:00

    I like the 'I'm' and 'Am' gang lol

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  20. Stella Maris baby4 July 2019 at 16:13

    Thanks for sharing...

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  21. Anonymous4 July 2019 at 16:52

    Borrowed language. Nothing dey wrong if English fail you sometimes. When will Nigeria manufacture it's own lingua and market same to the world e.g International Igbo Language Test Score (IILTS); International Yoruba Language Test Score(IYLTS); International Wafi Language Test Score(IWLTS) etc?

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    1. Anonymous4 July 2019 at 20:05

      Learn, you don't want to. See you head like Kenwood😋. Don't go and disgrace SDK oh....

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    2. Anonymous4 July 2019 at 22:29

      'Yeyebrity'see your... The person who wrote the SPARKS original Queen's English. Too much English no let you see road. 'Learn'for how long? If I disgrace Stella, nothing bad inside, after all there must always be a black sheep.

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  22. Survivor4 July 2019 at 17:33

    I eat all fruits EXCEPT banana. I dont EXPECT such act from you. Please be guided.

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  23. mYSsTiQuE4 July 2019 at 19:29

    Sight: of eyes; perception V
    Site: of location N
    Cite: of reference V

    Sit: the act of taking a seat V
    Seat: object used for siting N

    Bed: the frame in which a mattress is placed in N
    Matress: the soft object placed in a bed N

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  24. OJAELBA4 July 2019 at 19:58

    On this blog and not in this blog. A lot of people make that mistake here.

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  25. Anonymous4 July 2019 at 23:00

    I came in my car, not I came with my car.

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  26. Anonymous5 July 2019 at 02:53

    He is mature not he is MATURED

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  27. Nina whyte5 July 2019 at 02:54

    Where are you from and not are you from where? I have been there bf not I have being there before, their house not there house

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  28. Anonymous5 July 2019 at 05:59

    Only in Nigeria will journalists write that someone is fingered instead of implicated. SMH.

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  29. Anonymous5 July 2019 at 09:36

    I'm in pain and not I'm in pains

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  30. Anonymous5 July 2019 at 21:34

    Please can someone help on when to use 'in' and 'at' correctly

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