English Language! 1.0 Welcome to School. As we promised, BUSH HOUSE SCHOOLS returns today from holidays, bigger, better, longer. All of six days every week, you can attend this school on air, if you are interested in knowing about common mistakes which inundate the English Language! 2.0 A couple of mispronunciations we have treated earlier should suffice as examples: the word, A.S.S.E.M.B.L.E, is /asembl/ not /azembl/ while P.L.U.M.B.I.N.G is /pluming/ not /plumbing/! 3.0 Quickly, quickly; today Lesson Notes: UNNECESSARY EMPHASIS. English allows emphasis but as you will see very soon, some emphases can be both ridiculous and unacceptable. Here you are: a) The session ended at 2am in the night. (Sssh, stop laughing) b) We agreed to meet with her at 12 Oclock in the midnight c) The Minister is a wicked man; he allows his aides to trek to the office on foot everyday d) Workers were accused of lazing about doing nothing e) She told us that she ran away because he made to bite her with his teeth 4.0 Now, lets work on the five sentences: a) 2am is 2am. Theres nothing like 2am in the night, really. If you must know, 2am falls in the morning; not in the night, please. Remember, never say or write 2am in the morning or 2pm in the afternoon. Always say or write 2 Oclock in the morning or 2am and 2Oclock in the afternoon or simply, 2pm! b) 12 Oclock in the midnight. That sounds odd. 12Oclock in the midnight. Please avoid that phrase. The acceptable thing is Midnight. Also, earlier in the day, you have Noon or Midday. 12 Oclock in the midday is a no no, please! c) Perhaps the Minister concerned is wicked but that trek on foot- bit is also wicked English. I hope you caught my drift. Were they to trek on their heads? Trek is walking or moving on foot so its humorously to say or write, trek on foot! d) To laze is to idle about. People who idle about do nothing at all. No need therefore to say or write, lazing about doing nothing. Lazing is about doing nothing! e) Bite with his teeth. Whenever I hear phrases such as this, I always exclaim in Akwa Ibom, Nkpo aba o. What else can we bite with, please? With our fingers, our eyes, our ears? Except you just want to be mischievous, never use the phrase, bite with his teeth, since bite is a teeth-based human action. Similarly, She winked at him with her eye, I heard it with my ears, and They saw the play with their eyes are tautologies you must keep away from, because they can bite you. There you go! 5.0 Thats BUSH HOUSE SCHOOLS, today. Tops of the day, Class and many thanks, In-House Examiner as well as Sponsors, AEC WORKS LTD! ...B
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