Why there are no native speakers of Standard English
My column from three weeks ago provoked a conversation at a scholarly online forum about the meaning, history, and utility of Standard English and abo
Politics of Grammar
Politics of Grammar
How mistake in comma caused American company to lose millions of Dollars
In spite of what philistines like to say, grammar matters, as the story below from the New York Times illustrates. A misplaced or improperly used punc
The weirdness of English by Barry Evans
I read an interesting article this week in The North Coast Journal that I thought my readers would enjoy. It was written by linguist Barry Evans in tw
“An advice,” “a good news”: Errors of Pluralization in Nigerian English
Many people called my attention to a tweet by Abike Dabiri-Erewa, President Muhammadu Buhari’s Senior Special Assistant on Foreign Affairs and D
“Naming ceremony,” “Turbaning,” “Disvirgin”: Q and A on Nigerian english usage
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