Speak Right Always!
 Don’t say: Mummy has born a
baby.
 Say: Mummy has been
delivered of a baby.
 Don’t say: NEPA has taken
the light
 Say: The power supply has
been interrupted
 Or - The power supply has
been restored
 Don’t say: Daddy is calling
you.
 Say: Daddy calls for you.
 Don’t say: You are marching
me.
 Say: You are stepping on me.
 Don’t say: I saw your missed
call.
 Say: I missed your call.
 Don’t say: Let me see your
book.
 Say: Let me glance through
your book
 Don’t say: Please off the light.
 Say: Please, switch off the
light.
 Don’t say: Conductor, give me
my change.
 Say: Conductor, give me my
balance.
 Don’t say: The movie is
sweet.
 Say: The movie is interesting.
Or – The movie is intriguing.
 Don’t say: Give me one leg of
my shoes.
 Say: Give me half a pair of
my shoes.
 Don’t say: The food is sweet.
 Say: The food is delicious.
 Or – The food is yummy.
 Don’t say: I am belle full.
 Say: I am satisfied.
 Don’t say: I like draw soup.
 Say: I like slimy soup.
 Don’t say: Bring the parker
for me.
 Say: Bring the dust pan for
me.
 Don’t say: Where is the garri
turning stick?
 Say: Where is the spatula?
 Don’t say: I am coming back.
 Say: I will be back in a jiffy.
 Don’t say: I am hearing you.
 Say: I am listening to you.
 Don’t say: I want to barber
my hair.
 Say: I want have a haircut.
 Don’t say: My dad is an
army.
 Say: My dad is in the army.
 Don’t say: What is the name
of the perfume you are
putting on?
 Say: What is the name of the
perfume you are wearing?
 Speak Right Always!

 Don’t say: Are you hearing
me?
 Say: Can you hear me.
 Don’t say: I am seeing you.
 Say: I can see you.
 Don’t say: I knew it from the
onset.
 Say: I knew it from the
outset.
 Don’t say: I have lost one
leg of my shoes.
 Say: I have lost half a pair of
my shoes.
 Don’t say: We have won
them.
 Say: We have won against
them.
 Don’t say: I will blow you.
 Say: I will give you a blow.
 Don’t say: You know fully
well about it.
 Say: You know full well about
it.
 Don’t say: I can hear the
smell.
 Say: I can smell it.
 Don’t say: I don’t have a
pencil talkless of an eraser.
 Say: I don’t have a pencil let
alone an eraser.
 Don’t say: Loud the volume
of the TV.
 Say: Increase the volume of
the TV.

 Don’t say: I need a travelling
bag.
 Say: I need a travel bag.
 Don’t say: Let’s enter this
bus.
 Say: Let’s board this bus.
 Don’t say: Off it!
 Say: Switch it off!
 Don’t say: On it!
 Say: Switch it on!
 Don’t say: I’ll tell my teacher
for you.
 Say: I’ll report you to my
teacher.
 Don’t say: He has gone to
barb his hair.
 Say: He has gone to cut his
hair.
 Don’t say: He chuk me with his
pencil.
Say: He stabbed me with his pencil.
 Don’t say: My pencil is not shinning
Say: My pencil is not sharpened
 Don’t say: My Daddy buy it for me.
Say: My Daddy bought it for me.
 Don’t say: I appreciate.
 Say: I appreciate you.
 Don’t say: He is looking for my
trouble.
Say: He is troubling me.
 Don’t say: You are blocking me.
 Say: You are obstructing my
view.
 Speak Right Always!
 Don’t say: I can hear the
smell.
 Say: I can smell it.
 Don’t say: Up NEPA
 Say: The power supply has
been restored
 Don’t say: I don’t have a
pencil talkless of an eraser.
 Say: I don’t have a pencil let
alone an eraser.
 Don’t say: Loud the volume
of the TV.
 Say: Increase the volume of
the TV.
 Don’t say: I need a travelling
bag.
 Say: I need a travel bag.
 Don’t say: Let’s enter this
bus.
 Say: Let’s board this bus.
 Don’t say: Off it!
 Say: Switch it off!
 Don’t say: On it!
 Say: Switch it on!
 Don’t say: I’ll tell my teacher
for you.
 Say: I’ll report you to my
teacher.
 Don’t say: My Daddy buy it for me.
Say: My Daddy bought it for me.
 Don’t say: I appreciate.
 Say: I appreciate you.
 Don’t say: He is looking for my trouble.
 Say: He is troubling me.
 Don’t say: You are blocking me.
 Say: You are obstructing my view.
 Don’t say: My mother has born
a baby.
 Say: My mother has been
delivered of a baby.
 Don’t say: Daddy is calling you.
 Say: Daddy calls for you.
 Don’t say: You are marching
me.
 Say: You are stepping on me.
 Don’t say: I saw your missed
call.
 Say: I missed your call.
 Don’t say: Let me see your
book.
 Say: Let me glance through
your book
 Don’t say: He has gone to barb
his hair.
 Say: He has gone to cut his
hair.
 Don’t say: He chuk me with his pencil.
Say: He stabbed me with his pencil.
 Don’t say: My pencil is not shinning
 Say: My pencil is not sharpened
 Don’t say: She is telling lies on me.
Say: She is lying against me.
 Don’t say: The soup is peperish.
 Say: The soup is peppery.
*LET'S TEACH OUR KIDS THE It's "cervix opened" not "service
RIGHT ENGLISH* open"

👇 It's "enmity" not "enemity"

It's "spaghetti" not "supergetti" It is "at this juncture" not

"junction".
It's "lagging behind" not "lacking
behind" It's "Postpone' not 'Prospone".

It's "expatiate" not "expantiate" It's "as and when due", not "as at
when due"
It's "penalty" not "penarity"🤣
It's "rainy season" not "raining
It's "tuck in" not "tore in"
season."
It is "without mincing words" and
It's "adding salt to injury" and not
not "without mixing words"
"adding insult to injury".
It's "steer clear" not "stay clear".
It's "pronunciation" not
It's "sail through" not "scale "pronounciation"
through".
It's "a little" or "a bit" not "a little
It's "standard living" not bit"
"sandalili."
It's "fork" not "ferk"
It's "oh singers sing on" not "o
It's "grateful" not 'greatful"
singo singo"
It's "lycra skirt" not "lacra skirt"
Its "brisket bone" not "biscuit
bone". It's "national anthem" not national
"item"
It's "rack your brain" not "crack
it’s wrong to say Biro, it is called Pen.
your brain"

It's "the end" or "extreme", not

"extreme end'.

It's "put to birth" not "put to bed"

It's a "penthouse" and not "a

painthouse".