Grammar Clinic

MEANING: Not staying the same throughout; not compatible or keeping with normal standard. EXAMPLE: Police interpretation of the law in Nigeria is often inconsistent.

MEANING: Done without first being planned or rehearsed; unprepared, improvised. EXAMPLE: ‘Yomide Coker is famous for giving impromptu speeches.

MEANING: Attentive to details and concerned about accuracy; scrupulous, painstaking, assiduous. EXAMPLE: It is extremely important for Medical Students to be fastidious during practical sessions…

MEANING: Not harmful or offensive; harmless, safe, innocent. EXAMPLE: One of the reasons Sarah loves Jidenwo is because he has an innocuous personality.

MEANING: Not harmful or offensive; harmless, safe, innocent. EXAMPLE: One of the reasons I Sarah loves Jidenwo is because he has an innocuous personality.

MEANING: A person behaving badly or unlawfully or a person who has done something wrong or unlawful. EXAMPLE: Toju is such a miscreant. Don’t be like Toju.

MEANING: In the past; formerly, before, sometimes ago. EXAMPLE: There is now a supermarket where my family house erstwhile stood.

MEANING: To feel disgust or intense aversion for; abhor, despise, detest, hate. EXAMPLE: I loathe people who spread malicious gossip.

MEANING: Without any iota of doubt, clear and unambiguous; unmistakable, indisputable, incontrovertible, indubitable, undeniable. EXAMPLE: Nonso’s statement at the Police Station about the matter was unequivocal.

MEANING: A natural liking for and understanding of someone, something or an idea. EXAMPLE: It is a known fact that most Americans have a collective and special affinity for their celebrities.