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Politics of Grammar

Response to defenders of presidential grammatical boo-boos

Nigerian words and expressions that are untranslatable into English

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

My column last week about the tendency by everyday people to defend mediocrity in English usage among the Nigerian elite ignited an interesting debate. Dr.…



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