The Self-Isolation of Native English Speakers
On Friday, here in Atlanta, I witnessed a communication breakdown between a Nigerian English speaker and a UK-born American English speake...
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“Academician” Or “Academic”? Q and A on Nigerian English Errors and Usage
By Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D. Twitter: @farooqkperogi Although many Nigerians, including Professor Wole Soyinka, use “academicians” an...
Bad Grammar about Grammar in Nigerian English
By Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D. There is a category of usage errors in Nigerian English that I like to call bad grammar about grammar. By...
Top 10 Grammatical Errors Common to Americans and Nigerians
By Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D. It’s trite knowledge that grammatical errors in English—and, for that matter, all languages— are not the pres...
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