FREE VARIATION: Which is Correct? TO-MAY-TO or TO-MA-TO

In phonetics, free variation is an alternative pronunciation of a word (or of a phoneme in a word) that doesn’t affect the word’s meaning. Free variation is free in the sense that it doesn’t result in a different word. Usually there are reasons for it, perhaps the speaker’s dialect, or the emphasis the speaker wants

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Don’t Blame WAEC or JAMB. Be Academically Responsible With These 3 Tips

Upon scoring 124 points in her JAMB exam, Salewa would tell anyone who asked that “JAMB gave me that score.” It’s the same with Phillip who is of the opinion that anyone who gets straight As in WASSCE must have been helped, or perhaps the school sorted WAEC officials in exchange for the good grades!

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Classwork Series and Exercises {Government – SS2}: The Interdependence Of Nations

Government, SS 2, Week 3 Topic: The Interdependence of Nations Contents: Meaning of Interdependence The interdependence of nation Types of Inter- dependencies Meaning of Interdependence Interdependence is the mutual reliance between two or more groups. In relationships, interdependence is the degree to which members of the group are mutually dependent on the others. This concept

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7 Harmless Looking Animals That Are Actually Vampires

The animals featured here look harmless enough, but in real fact, they are blood-sucking vampires who have adapted several ingenious means to get their regular fix of blood meal. Mosquitoes may be bad, but they have nothing on these 7. 1. Vampire finch The tiny, ordinary-looking vampire finch is a close relative of its seed-eating

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How to Reason Like a Pickpocket, and Beat Them at Their Own Game

In the 2015 movie, Focus, starring Will Smith and Margot Robbie, two professional pickpockets, a scene plays out this way: Jess (played by Margot Robbie) – an attractive blonde – bumps into a college student who has come to New Orleans for the annual Mardi Gras street party, and trips; she apologises for the mishap,

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