Top 10 usage errors in Nigerian English (I)
Every English-speaking nation on earth has its repertoire of idiosyncratic solecisms. I have written about common errors in American English. Several
Politics of Grammar
Politics of Grammar
“Emir of Yorubaland”: A sociolinguistic analysis of the term “Emir”
The Oluwo of Iwoland in Osun State, Oba Abdulrasheed Akanbi, said on March 31 that he should henceforth be addressed as “Emir of Iwoland”
“Who is fooling who?” Q and A on popular usage errors
Question: What is wrong with the expression “who is fooling who?” Someone told me it’s wrong, but I don’t see what’s wro
English dictionaries in the age of the internet (III)
Most people, of course, now never go near a dictionary, but simply type phrases into Wikipedia (used more often as a dictionary than an encyclop
English dictionaries in the age of the internet (II)
Still, the dream lingered. What if one could get to 100% – lassoing the whole of English, from the beginning of written time to the present day?