A DRAMA CALLED S

Ganiu Bamgbose, PhD

A DRAMA CALLED S

Student: Dr GAB, please I want you to teach me the use of punctuations.
GAB: Punctuation you mean, or punctuation marks.
Student: Oh, thank you, Sir. I thank my star I’m meeting you.
GAB: You should thank your stars; not your star.
Student: Waoh! Thank you again sir. This English is as difficult as trying to speak in tongue.
GAB: Well, you speak in tongues, and not in tongue.
Student: Sir, nawa o. That means one has to confirm every usage before jumping to conclusion o.
GAB: Well, to make a hasty judgment before learning or considering all the facts available is to jump to conclusions.
Student: Wonderful! Sir, nobody can guess from your look that you speak good English.
GAB: If by “look” you meant my appearance, then the right word should be “looks”.
Student: Oh My! You really know the in and out of this language.
GAB: The detailed or complicated facts of anything are the ins and outs of it.
Student: I must take the bull by the horn to really understand these intricacies of the English language.
GAB: That will be great, but you take the bull by the horns and not by the horn.
Student: Sir, please help me to be putting the rest of the “s” so that we can just end this discussion successfully.
GAB: If you so desire, I’ll help with the rest of the s’s.

(c) 2020 Ganiu Abisoye Bamgbose (Dr GAB)