Donald Trump and his Supporter’ Poor Grammar
Controversial Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has always struck me as excessively deficient in grammar. His vocabulary is severely limi
Politics of Grammar
Politics of Grammar
Why Nigerians can’t pronounce “Nigeria” correctly
The only Nigerians who pronounce the name of their country correctly are foreign-born Nigerians-or Nigerians who were socialized outside their country
Ooni of Ife’s strange theory of the Yoruba origins of English
The Daily Trust of February 29 reported the new, youthful Ooni of Ife, ObaAdeyeyeOgunwusi, as having claimed that the English language is descended fr
What grammar purists have in common with fashion critics
March 4 is celebrated worldwide as National Grammar Day. In celebration of this day, I share with the reader a really thoughtful article that st
African Words in the American English Gullah Dialect (II)
Last week, I highlighted many African-derived words in the Gullah dialect that Dr. Lorenzo Turner identified in his book. Several of my Nigerian reade