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 Tʜᴇʀᴇ-ᴛʜɪᴇʀ-ᴛʜᴇʏ'ʀᴇ: ᴛʜᴇ ᴅɪғғᴇʀᴇɴᴄᴇ 🧶 The rule of _Their-There-They’re. This is a very common mistake that even the native English speakers make.  This basic rule is taught in primary and secondary schools yet it is one of the confusing parts of English. Students often make mistakes in the spellings and use of an apostrophe. It is rather simple. ‘There’ is used to denote position or place. For instance- “I am going there” denotes a place by ‘there’. It can also be used as a pronoun such as “There are some sweets remaining”. ‘Their’ is the possessive form for the pronoun ‘They’. It shows possession of something by a group. A simple example is “It is their book”. ‘They’re’ is like any other contraction of a word using an apostrophe. The pronunciation matches the other two but the meaning is different. ‘They’re’ stand for ‘They are’. For instance- “They’re going tomorrow”. The same concept stands for you and you’re.  This is another trending mistake among English speakers....

 #𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙣𝘼𝙣𝙚𝙬𝙒𝙤𝙧𝙙𝙒𝙞𝙩𝙝𝙐𝘾 ᴹᵃʸ ᵉᵈⁱᵗⁱᵒⁿ 📌 Word: Hᴏʀs ᴅ'ᴏᴇᴜᴠʀᴇ 📌 Transcription: /ˌɔː ˈdɜːv/ pronounced as in orrr-derv  📌 Meaning: Hors d'oeuvre is an appetizer or a small dish served before a meal in European cuisine. Some hors d'oeuvres are served cold, others hot. Hors d'oeuvres may be served at the dinner table as a part of the meal, or they may be served before seating, such as at a reception or cocktail party. It's also called 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐫 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐞́𝐞. 🧶 Hors d'oeuvre is a small bit of appetizing food, as spicy meat, fish, cheese, or a preparation of chopped or creamed foods, often served on crackers or small pieces of toast, for eating at cocktail parties or other gatherings where drinks are served with no other food. 📌 Example: Vegetable, Fruit Trays, Cheese Trays,  grapes, turnovers, empanadas, samosas, and egg rolls. 📌 Word Class: Noun. 📌 Origin: Hors-d'œuvre in French literally means "outside the work"—that is...

  #𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙣𝘼𝙣𝙚𝙬𝙒𝙤𝙧𝙙𝙒𝙞𝙩𝙝𝙐𝘾 ᴬᵖʳⁱˡ ᵉᵈⁱᵗⁱᵒⁿ 📌 Word: Dᴏᴏᴍsᴄʀᴏʟʟɪɴɢ 📌 Transcription: /duːmˌskrəʊlɪŋ/ as in dum-skroh-ling 📌 Meaning: Reading the news on social media and expecting it to be bad – so much so that you become obsessed with looking at updates  Doomscrolling is when you become obsessed with staying up to date with bad news.  It’s a combination of the noun “doom” and verb “scroll”. 📌 Example: I was _doomscrolling_ on Twitter today while reading about Covid-19 cases. I think it’s why I feel so anxious now. 💨 It’s easy to get caught up in a doomscrolling cycle of despair, even as we feel that we should do something. 📌 Origin: Doomscrolling can be defined as "an excessive amount of screen time devoted to the absorption of dystopian news."  According to finance reporter Karen Ho, the term is thought to have originated in October 2018 on the social media site Twitter.  However, the word may have earlier origins, and the phenomenon itself pre...

 Oᴘᴇɴ ᴛᴇᴇᴛʜ ᴠs. Gᴀᴘ ᴛᴇᴇᴛʜ: ᴡʜɪᴄʜ ɪs ɢʀᴀᴍᴍᴀᴛɪᴄᴀʟ 🤓 ? I have heard lots of people who still make this mistake and they actually think its the correct, because they hear people saying it. Gap teeth and open teeth are both incorrect, that is, they are neologisms invented by Nigerians. Therefore when next you  see someone with such set of teeth don’t say ‘you have open teeth/gap teeth’ instead say    📌‘you have Dɪᴀsᴛᴇᴍᴀ as a noun 📌 'You are gap toothed' as an adjective. The Yorubas commonly call this open teeth _EJI_ Igbos call it _EZE-  OkNGBAWARA._ ©️ 𝕆𝕜𝕒𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕌𝕔𝕙𝕖       𝔾𝕣𝕒𝕞𝕞𝕒𝕣 ℂ𝕠𝕒𝕔𝕙

Cᴏʀʀᴇᴄᴛ ᴀɴᴅ ɪɴᴄᴏʀʀᴇᴄᴛ ᴘʀᴏɴᴜɴᴄɪᴀᴛɪᴏɴ. 📌 Pɪᴢᴢᴀ- it's pitsa not pizaa. 📌 Assᴜᴍᴇ- it's esium not azium. 📌 Eᴘɪᴛᴏᴍᴇ- its ipi-tomi not epitom. 📌 Bʀᴇᴀᴋ ғᴀsᴛ- it's brekfast not brakefast. 📌 Hʏᴘᴇʀʙᴏʟᴇ- it's haipaboli not haiparbole. 📌 Pᴜᴘɪʟ- it's piu-pl not pu-pil. 📌 Sʏᴄᴏᴘʜᴀɴᴛ- it's sikofant not saikofant. 📌 Tᴜɪᴛɪᴏɴ- it's tyuwishan not tyushan. 📌 Nɪᴋᴇ- it's naikee not naik. 📌 Bɪᴏʟᴏɢʏ- it's bai-o-loji not baoloji. ©️ Oᴋᴀғᴏʀ Uᴄʜᴇ       Gʀᴀᴍᴍᴀʀ Cᴏᴀᴄʜ

GrammarDrama Is ᴄᴏᴍᴍᴀ ᴀʀᴏᴜɴᴅ ʏᴏᴜʀ ɴᴀᴍᴇ ɢʀᴀᴍᴍᴀᴛɪᴄᴀʟ ? Adding comma to names is correct depending on the context the name is used. 💄 Commas are used when rewriting names to present the surname first, generally in instances of alphabetization by surname: Smith, John. 💄 Adding comma to names is mostly used for citation, it is also used to separate the last name of an author from the initial of her/his first name. There are two ways of writing your name. 📌 Juilet Chioma Nwafor 📌 Nwafor, Juliet Chioma ᴵᶠ ʸᵒᵘ ᵐᵘˢᵗ ⁱⁿᶜˡᵘᵈᵉ ᵃ ᶜᵒᵐᵐᵃ ʷʰⁱˡᵉ ʷʳⁱᵗⁱⁿᵍ ʸᵒᵘʳ ⁿᵃᵐᵉ⸴ ⁱᵗ ˢʰᵒᵘˡᵈ ᵇᵉ ʷʳⁱᵗᵗᵉⁿ ⁱⁿ ᵗʰⁱˢ ᶠᵒʳᵐᵃᵗ‧ 💄 ᔆᵘʳⁿᵃᵐᵉ / ˡᵃˢᵗ ⁿᵃᵐᵉ⸴ ᶠⁱʳˢᵗ ⁿᵃᵐᵉ ᵃⁿᵈ ᵐⁱᵈᵈˡᵉ ⁿᵃᵐᵉ‧ 📌 ᴺʷᵃᶠᵒʳ⸴ ᶜʰⁱᵒᵐᵃ ᴶᵘⁱˡᵉᵗ‧ 📌 ᴰᵒⁿᵃˡᵈ⸴ ᴾᵉ̀ˡᵘᵐⁱ ᴶᵃᵐᵉˢ‧ 💄 Secondly, In references that place the surname first, a comma is used to separate the last name of an author from the initial of her first name.  This style is often used in the author lists in scholarly papers. If this were the case, her name would be cited as  📌 "George, E." If she we...

#ThursdayLiteratureTrends Tʏᴘᴇs ᴏғ Rʜʏᴍᴇ ᴀᴄᴄᴏʀᴅɪɴɢ ᴛᴏ Pᴏsɪᴛɪᴏɴ 📌 Tᴀɪʟ ᴏʀ Eɴᴅ Rʜʏᴍᴇ: This is the most common type of rhyme. It occurs in the final syllable of a verse or line. In other words it occurs when the last syllable of particular line rhymes with the last syllable of the of the second line/verse. E.G 🌬️ "Twinkle little ᔆᵗᴬᴿ 🌬️ How I wonder what you ᴬᴿᴱ" 📌 Iɴᴛᴇʀɴᴀʟ Rʜʏᴍᴇ: This is a type of rhyme in which a word at the middle of a line rhymes with the last word at the end of same line/verse. E.G 🌬️  "Just turn me loose let me ᔆᵗʳᴬᴰᴰᴸᴱ my own ˢᴬᴰᴰᴸᴱ Underneath the western skies, 🌬️  On my cayuse let me ʷᴬᴺᴰᴱᴿ over ʸᴼᴺᴰᴱᴿ, till I see the mountains rise". 📌 Hᴏʟᴏ Rʜʏᴍᴇ: An extreme form of rhyme in which two lines are phonetically identical. In or other words it is a type of rhyme in which all the word of two entire lines/verses rhyme. E.G 🌬️  ᶠᵒʳ ᴵ ˢᶜʳᵉᵃᵐ ⁱⁿ ᵗʰᵉ ˡᵃᵏᵉ 🌬️ ᶠᵒʳ ⁱᶜᵉ ᶜʳᵉᵃᵐ ˢᵃᵏᵉ 📌 Cʀᴏss Rʜʏᴍᴇ: In the cross-rhyme, a line is rhymed with the next v...