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BUSH HOUSE SCHOOLS (this week) 1.0 Welcome to School. Per week, BUSH HOUSE SCHOOLS opens online every today and three days on air. In a subtle way, it compels users of English to mind the Language. It does this by pointing out common mistakes we all make! 2.0 As is its wont, here are two Examples treated earlier: one, from now henceforth. Why do people say? Pls always use FROM NOW ON or simply, HENCEFORTH. From Now Henceforth is a no no in Standard British English. Number two, B.O.M.B.I.N.G. The prayer of BUSH HOUSE SCHOOLS is for our national security challenge to end soon so that we can save our people the trouble posed by this pronunciation. Again, that word is /BOMIN/, not /bombin/. 3.0 Quickly, quickly, today Lesson Notes. A Pot Pourri Of Common Mistakes Picked Up Recently: a) Asian dog; or ALSATIAN dog. I watched one of those unnecessary arguments the other day. A verbal fight broke out when one person talked about, Asian Dog, only for the other to retort that theres nothing like Asian Dog; that what exists is, Alsatian Dog. You needed to watch that argument. By the way, why do people engage in such meaningless, lousy arguments? Well, as I told them then, both dogs exist. In Britain, Alsatian Dog or Alsatian Wolf Dog is the former name for German Shepherd. b) Next, the confusion between LEND and BORROW. See, LEND gives while BORROW takes. If you still find yourself confused, remember LEND goes with TO while BORROW takes FROM. c) 11.43 midnight; hmm, Miss Dalaham. The person who wrote that to you should have simply written 11.43pm or 17 minutes to Midnight; not 11.43 Midnight d) C.H.A.S.M. First, my confession. It took Former Director-General of Radio Nigeria, Dr. Eddie Iroh, and my younger brother, Mr. Eyo Etim, a lecturer at Akwa Ibom State University, to point out to me that that word is /CAZM/, not /chazm/. Many thanks to the duo. Now, I know! e) Finally, heres something funny; heard on Network: The river overflew its banks yesterday. Lord have mercy. When did rivers start having wings, Mr. Reporter? Come, heres the acceptable line to have filed in: The river overflowed its banks yesterday. 4.0 Thats BUSH HOUSE SCHOOLS, today. 5.0 Good morning, Class and many thanks, Prospective Sponsors! ...B
Posted on: Mon, 02 Jun 2014 09:10:16 +0000

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