Stative Verbs In English – Many Nigerians are familiar with the definition of a verb as “an action word or a doing word”. This correct but...
A memorandum, often shortened as a memo, is used for official communication usually within an organisation. “Memo” or “memorandum” is a singular noun, whereas the plural...
In my column of September 23 2022, I discussed in some detail (not, in some details) the functions of the commonly used punctuation. Bear in mind...
Communicative competence in a language demands more than the knowledge of how words are put together to form sentences. Language is both delicate and sensitive, and...
Grammaticality Versus Acceptability– A good way to begin this piece is to move from what grammar is not to what grammar is; and then to tie...
Nigeria boasts over 500 indigenous languages, and one wonders if this gigantic linguistic heterogeneity is a blessing or a curse to the country. Put straightforwardly, multilingualism...
What Do We Right When We Write? – Literacy is one of the best gifts to the human race and, expectedly, it must serve crucial functions....
I discussed focus as an instrument of prominence in my last column. Another way to spice up a speech or writing is through the deployment of...
Achieving Prominence In Spoken Communication – Beyond the mastery of grammar and possession of a wide vocabulary, language use, especially spoken language, can be characterised by...
Sentence linkers are words or short phrases that are used to connect words, phrases, clauses or paragraphs together. Linkers are used to weave aspects of speech...
