By English For Today (September 5, 2018) By Ganiu Abisoye Bamgbose (GAB)
Recurring Errors in Nigerian Classrooms
The students are not much (wrong).
The students are not many (right).
We caught a machinery (wrong).
We caught a mercenary (right).
This boy is lousy (wrong; except if you mean he’s bad).
This boy is noisy (right).
The times table is out (wrong; except if you mean multiplication table: He’s the fastest at times table).
The timetable is out (right).
Ganiu Abisoye Bamgbose
Academic Advisor, Distance Learning Centre, University of Ibadan;,
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Doctoral Student of English, University of Ibadan.
