A Comparison of Everyday University Vocabularies in Nigeria, America, and Britain (I)
In the past few weeks, I have received hundreds of questions from readers of this column about the meanings of common university terminologies. Why do
Politics of Grammar
Politics of Grammar
“Academician” Or “Academic”? Q and A on Nigerian English errors and usage
Although many Nigerians, including Professor Wole Soyinka, use “academicians” and “academics” interchangeably, they are in err
Six Differences Between American and British English
The articles you will read below are from VOA Learning English, which I encourage readers of this column to read or listen to regularly. There is an o
“Barbing Salon” or “Barbing Saloon”? Q and A on Nigerian English Usage
It is “barbing salon,” “barbing saloon” or none of the two? Is the expression “next tomorrow” Standard English? Wh
The Social and Economic Costs of Irregular English Spelling (II)
That’s bad news for English-speaking societies, which represent about 6 percent of the world’s population. First of all, the amount of tim