The importance of expressing one’self in English cannot be over emphasized as it’s important in relating with people. Many people think that a poor mastery of English is better than a poor mastery of one’s dialect, well I don’t quite agree with that as both are extremely important depending on the environment you find yourself. For instance, you can’t be speaking English in your village but rather your dialect, just as the same way you can’t be speaking your dialect when relating with high class people like Professors, Doctors, Bankers, etc.
Below are some grammatical errors and the correction:
That your sister is very beautiful (Incorrect)
That sister of yours is very beautiful (Correct)
My brother attended University of Benin (Incorrect)
My brother attended the University of Benin (Correct)
The man is fond of accepting bribe (Incorrect)
The man is fond of accepting a bribe (Correct)
I dislike harmattan (Incorrect)
I dislike the harmattan (Correct)
He is not our staff (Incorrect)
He is not a member of our staff (Correct)
Late Chief Peter was in the army (Incorrect)
The late chief Peter was in the army (Correct)
Learning the English language is a child’s play (Incorrect)
Learning the English language is child’s play (Correct)
Here is a list and found pen (Incorrect)
Here is a list but found pen (Correct)
I saw the Armed robbers with my two eyes (Incorrect)
I saw the Armed robbers myself (Correct)
She’s one of my niece (Incorrect)
She’s one of my nieces (Correct)
Her husband is a banker; he works as a cashier (Incorrect)
Her husband is a bank worker; he works as a cashier (Correct)
