Tuesday, 05 November, 2024

Tag: Grammar


NRTC English

Certain words in English always have an “s” at the end because they are inherently plural. Some of these words Read more…


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One common error English learners make is incorrectly pluralizing the word ‘potential’. ‘Potentials’ is incorrect in standard English. According to Read more…


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English is full of words that sound similar but have completely different meanings. One common mix-up is between “invincible” and Read more…


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Some stative verbs can be used as dynamic verbs; that is, they can attract ‘-ing’ or be used in a Read more…


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Whenever a statement begins with, or is marked by ‘if’, it automatically becomes a conditional statement or tense. In English, Read more…


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It is important to avoid using or sayingĀ my own, his own, our own, their own, her own, your ownĀ  when Read more…


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Any perfect continuous tense (whether present perfect continuous, past perfect continuous, or future perfect continuous) shows the duration for the Read more…


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As Iā€™ve always told my students at TBOSE Tutorial, a perfective tense shows completeness; it shows that an action has Read more…


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One big thing to note about collective nouns is that they are names that we give to a group of Read more…


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Last week, a Twitter user lamented the poor use of English by Nigerians. In her words, “It’s dinner not dinner Read more…