One of the words commonly abused by corps members (not corp members) of the National Youth Service Corps in Nigeria Read more…
Tag: NRTC English
Whenever a statement begins with, or is marked by ‘if’, it automatically becomes a conditional statement or tense. In English, Read more…
The phrase “No Gree For Anybody” typically encourages individuals to reject any form of nonsense, resist being bullied by others Read more…
The consonant /s/, vocalizedĀ siii,Ā is your third or fourth name, and that of every Nigerian. When someone calls you, not by Read more…
A syllabic consonant or vocalic consonant is a consonant that forms a syllable on its own, like the m, n, Read more…
It is important to avoid using or sayingĀ my own, his own, our own, their own, her own, your ownĀ when Read more…
Any perfect continuous tense (whether present perfect continuous, past perfect continuous, or future perfect continuous) shows the duration for the Read more…
As Iāve always told my students at TBOSE Tutorial, a perfective tense shows completeness; it shows that an action has Read more…
One big thing to note about collective nouns is that they are names that we give to a group of Read more…
The word ‘pizza’ /ĖpiĖtsÉ/ is pronounced as “PEE-t-suh,” emphasizing the long “ee” sound and ending with a soft “uh.” Another Read more…
