Politics of Grammar

Touchscreen, not Screen touch, number plate, not plate number: Nigerian English Q and A

Can people’s writing styles be used to guess their identity?

How “Language Police” detect identities of anonymous authors

The article I shared here a few weeks ago about how people’s peculiar language usage creates a stylistic footprint, which can set them apart from…

6 years ago
Can people’s writing styles be used to guess their identity?
6 years ago
Nigerian English words you won’t find in any modern dictionary
6 years ago
It’s “Academic,” not “Academician” Q and A on Nigerian English errors and usage
6 years ago
English words that make Nigerians say the opposite of what they mean (III)
6 years ago
Do we lose our emotions when we speak English as a second language?

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July 29, 2018

English words that make Nigerians say the opposite of what they mean (II)

July 22, 2018

English words that make Nigerians say the opposite of what they mean

July 15, 2018

Menace of fake incomprehensible English accents at Nigerian airports

July 8, 2018

Some new words English dictionaries have added

July 1, 2018

Violating the Mother Tongue by ‘Emergent English-phobic TC-intellectuals’ in Nigeria (II)