imbecile
05/12/2012 11:08
The word "imbecile" is pronounced as if it is /imbesil/ not /imbesail/.
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I am hearing you/ I can hear you - on phone
05/12/2012 11:00
It is wrong to say "I am hearing you" while on phone.
Say, "I can hear you".
letterhead/letterheaded paper
30/11/2012 10:20
letterhead/letterheaded paper
'Letterhead' is a sheet of paper printed with one's address, name, etc, for writing a letter on.
'Letterheaded paper' does not exist in English language.
Watch out for this because so many people are guilty of it!
google
The word 'google' is pronounced as if it is /gu:gu/ not gogu.
Divorce
29/11/2012 11:59
The word 'divorce' is pronounced as if it is /divos/ not /daivos/.
English Words with Silent 'h'
26/11/2012 11:16
hour, honour, helicopter, haircut, house, hotel, honest
It is well known that articles 'a' and 'an' precede consonant and vowel respectively. But the bone of contention falls in an area where the word starts with 'h'. We tend to silence 'h' most of the time in pronouncing some words...
dash / give
20/11/2012 11:34
'dash' does not mean 'give'
#My brother dashed me the phone
#Can you dash me your book?
#He will dash me the money.
Expressions like the above are very common in our daily use of the English language.
The word 'dash' when used as a verb means 'to go somewhere quickly' as in
# I...
as follow or as follows
12/11/2012 16:16
“as follows” is always singular whether the preceding matter is plural or not. It is used either as a phrase or as an idiom to mean what comes next, usually in the form of a list.
E.g.
#The reasons for these decisions are as follows.
In case you don’t want to use it this way,...
Ban and Band
07/11/2012 13:49
#Governor Fashola cannot band Okada in Lagos.
#I will band you from coming here.
To ban means to
officially or legally prohibit: e.g. "he was banned from driving for a year"
A band...
INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT?
06/11/2012 10:18
international passport
A passport is
1.
an official document issued by the government of a country to one of its citizens and, varying from country to country, authorizing travel to foreign countries and authenticating the bearer's identity, citizenship, right to protection while...
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