English Naija

Kindly subscribe👏

Exploring Newfoundland Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, is a unique province with its rich history and lovable people. This channel focuses on the beauty of Newfoundland — in all forms — while informing and educating.

https://englishnaija.com/grammar-practice-questions/

Grammar Practice Questions These grammar practice questions will help you tremendously for test/exam preparation or personal study. You have 50 minutes for 50 questions. Good luck. Ready? Click ‘Next’ to start. C…

Correction alert: THE benefit of THE doubt While ‘the benefit of doubt’, ‘benefit of the doubt’ and other forms of this expression are popular, the correct form is ‘the benefit of the doubt’. You give som…

Correction alert: HAVE your cake and EAT it (too) This is a popular saying that generates a lot of arguments every day. Though the correct expression is ‘have your cake and eat it (too)’—where ‘too’ is optional— a number o…

Judgement or judgment: Why both are correct Ever wonder why ‘judgement’ and ‘judgment’ are both correct? This is the answer: In British English, ‘judgement’ is acceptable in everyday English while ‘j…

Correction alert: Birds of a feather flock together The correct saying is not ‘birds of the same feather flock together’ but ‘Birds of a feather flock together’. This expression means that people who have things in common are…

To be forewarned is to be forearmed❌

Correction alert: Forewarned is forearmed In Nigeria, the expression ‘to be forewarned is to be forearmed’ has been passed down for so long that the original saying is apparently unknown to many. However, the correct saying is …

Correction alert: Temper justice with mercy Google search results have shown inquiry about whether ‘tamper justice with mercy’ is correct. The simple answer is NO. To ‘tamper’ is to make changes without permission, es…

Borrow vs lend: Often misused, now explained Reports show that borrow and lend are often interchanged by some speakers of the English language. For clarity, these words are converse antonyms—words that cannot exist without each other. This im…

‘lousy’ doesn’t mean ‘loud’ Though most speakers of English know this is a negative word, it is often mistaken for ‘loud’ or ‘noisy’. Lousy, an adjective, actually means ‘very bad’, ‘unpleasant’, ‘very poor’, ‘of …

What exactly is ‘blood money’? As opposed to a belief that it is the unholy money you get after diabolically sacrificing a human being, blood money has a range of different meanings. The open compound word means ‘money paid to a…

To impeach is NOT to remove from office Impeach, a verb, is a popular word in politics and public service. In the US, to impeach is ‘to charge a public office holder with a serious crime, such as fraud’; in British English, it& #821…