POLITICS OF GRAMMAR COLUMN


This column first appeared every Thursday in the print and online editions of the People's Daily for more than one year. I transferred it to Sunday Trust on May 1, 2011.
1. A Comparison of Nigerian, American and British English
2. Why is "Sentiment" Such a Bad Word in Nigeria?
3. Ambassador Aminchi's Impossible Grammatical Logic
4. 10 Most Annoying Nigerian Media English Expressions
5. Sambawa and "Peasant Attitude to Governance"
6. Adverbial and Adjectival Abuse in Nigerian English
7. In Defense of "Flashing" and Other Nigerianisms
8. Weird Words We're Wedded to in Nigerian English
9. American English or British English?
10. Hypercorrection in Nigerian English
11. Nigerianisms, Americanisms, Briticisms and Communication Breakdown
12. Top 10 Irritating Errors in American English
13. Nigerian Editors Killing Macebuh Twice with Bad Grammar
14. On "Metaphors" and "Puns" in Nigerian English
15. Common Errors of Pluralization in Nigerian English
16. Q & A About Common Grammatical Problems
17. Semantic Change and the Politics of English Pronunciation
55. The Arabic Origins of Common Yoruba Words
56. Idioms, Mistranslation, and Abati's Double Standards 
57. Native English Speakers' Struggles with Grammar 
58. Q and A on Nigerian English and Usage Rules
59. Of Yoruba, Arabic, and Origins of Nigerian Languages
60. Language Families in Nigeria
61. Are There Native English Speakers in Nigeria? 
62. The English Nigerian Children Speak (I)
63. The English Nigerian Children Speak (II)
64. Reader Comments and My Responses to "The English Nigerian Children Speak" 
65. Q and A on American English Grammar and General Usage
66. Q and A on Prepositions and Nigerian Media English 
67. Americanisms Popularized by American Presidential Politics (I) 
67. Americanisms Popularized by American Presidential Politics (II)
68. Top 10 Peculiar Salutations in Nigerian English (I)
69. Top 10 Peculiar Salutations in Nigerian English (II)
70. Q and A on English Salutation, Punctuation and Other Usage Problems
71. More Q and A on a Variety of Grammar Usage Issues 
72. Top 10 Outdated and/or Made-up Words in Nigerian English 
73. Q and A on Outdated Nigerian English Words and Expressions  
74. 20 Obsolete English Words that Should Make a Comeback
75. Q and A About Jargon and Confusing Expressions
76. President Goodluck Jonathan's Grammatical Boo-boos
77. How Political Elite Influence English Grammar and Vocabulary 
78. Use and Misuse of "Penultimate" in Nigerian and Native English 
79. Top 50 Words Nigerians Commonly Mispronounce  I
80. Top 50 Words Nigerians Commonly Mispronounce II 
81. Top 50 Words Nigerians Commonly Mispronounce III 
82. More Words Nigerians Commonly Mispronounce   
83. Q and A on Nigerian English and Old English Expressions Frozen in Modern English
84. Q and A on Miscellaneous Nigerian English Grammar Issues 
85. Battle for the Simplification of English Spellings
86. Top 30 Common English Words That Are Derived from Names of People I
87. Top 30 Common English Words That Are Derived from Names of People II
88. Top 30 Common English Words That Are Derived from Names of People III
89. Top 30 Common English Words That Are Derived from Names of People IV
90. Between Useless and Useful Tautologies I
91. Between Useless and Useful Tautologies II
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