Ten English Mistakes Nigerians Make (Free)

Nobody corrects an adult's English.

It feels rude, so your colleagues let it pass. Your friends let it pass. Your family lets it pass.

Then it goes into an interview, where the panel also lets it pass. They thank you for coming, and you never find out which sentence did it.

This free five-page guide is ten of those sentences.

Three of the ten:

"When will you write your exam?" In British English, which is what our schools and examinations follow, you sit an exam or you take one.

"The wake keeping is tomorrow." There is no such word. A wake is already the gathering held before a burial. The wake is tomorrow.

"We bought two equipments." Equipment never takes an S. Neither do furniture, attire or wear. Two pieces of equipment.

The other seven cover tasking against taxing, the word practicalise that never existed, bogus, severally, opportuned, why it is a KOR member and not a corpse member, and one more that surprises almost everybody.

Each one shows what is usually said, what to say instead, and a short explanation of why, so you can catch yourself next time rather than memorising a list.

Written by Seyi Bale, an educator with about twenty-five years in English Language and Literature teaching, instructional coaching, and curriculum leadership in Nigerian schools.

It costs nothing, and it is meant to travel. Download it, then forward it to your class group, your office group, or the one person you thought of while reading this. If it saves somebody one bad interview, it has done its job.

If you want the other fifty, they are written up, drilled, and explained in three guides in this store. Start with the Complete English Bundle.