Language and Style

SAMPLE 1: “In order to further explain the olfactory capability of a dog in America, dogs are been used to detect certain types of cancer, thus an era of medicinal detection dogs have been developed.”(How to Tackle Kidnapping, Other Crimes…

SAMPLE 1: “Last year, there were cases of containers in which cash and ammunition was stashed…the advantage of a detection dog is that certain feasible scent profiles or pictures can be combined…”(How to Tackle Kidnapping, Other Crimes with…

SAMPLE 1: “From there I was transferred to another hospital and I had three tests. Yet I didn’t believe it because I wasn’t leaving a wayward lifestyle.” (Tearful Tales from HIV Victims, The Vanguard, 9 June, 2019)We are interested in…

THE difference in the form and usage of been and being has occupied our attention repeatedly in this place in the past. Errors such as the ones under consideration are convincing enough to warrant a rehash of the discussion.To…

SAMPLE 1: “Though I have been striving to get involved with the constituted committee in several occasions when the policy are been drafted for aquaculture in the country.”(Inside Nigeria’s Troubled Fishing Waters, The Nation, 23 June,…

SAMPLE 1: “If this happens, it may be difficult to guarantee violent-free elections there…It will be a miracle if in this circumstance, the forthcoming governorship election in Imo is violent-free…it is feared he may suffer some protest…

SAMPLE 1: “The combination of ethnic sentiments and heavy war chest worked for Ahima. It was gathered this accounts for why he scored so much votes.” (How CAN President Ayokunle was Reelected, The Nation, 23 June, 2019)We are interested…

SAMPLE 1: “CAN alleged that in many states in the North, churches are being denied of certificate of occupancy, saying this is a ploy to allow excuses to be given later for churches to be pulled down…”(OIC: CAN Hits Buhari, Insists…

SAMPLE 1: “It’s true that food that is prepared and served by these street side vendors is unhygienic and are susceptible to water-borne and food-borne illnesses.”(Watch it: That Road Side Food May be Dangerous, the Sun, 30 September,…

SAMPLE 1: “Following apparent lack of diligence on the part of IPOs at FESTAC Police Station and Gender Unit to arrest the suspect, I paid someone to keep a close watch at his residence and discovered that he had started removing his…