Sample 1: “The YWC leader also urged the Yorubas home and abroad to take ownership of the Tinubu project assuming that the nation would fair better under Tinubu’s presidency.” (2023: Yoruba World Congress endorses Tinubu’s presidency..
.Opera News, 18 December, 2022) The word that should interest readers is fair which occurs in the following context: “the nation would fair better under Tinubu’s presidency.” Confused regarding the semantic identities of the forms fare and fair, the writer has selected the latter instead of the former.
Having almost identical pronunciation but clearly different spellings, the words fare and fair are significantly differentiated at the level of meaning. For the sake of emphasis and clarity, the word required by the context in question is fare (and not fair). The word fair, which we are starting with, could mean: just average, not excellent, not very high.
Please read the following sentences: 1) The performance of the Super Eagles was just fair during the last season. 2) The students’ scripts were sorted and categorized according to whether they were fair, good or excellent. 3) That was a fair attempt at scoring a goal.
4) He is normally an excellent student; but on this occasion his performance is just fair. 5) The article was a fair attempt to psychoanalyze the president in terms of his attitude to power. 6) The confessions of the criminal are fairly truthful.
7) The interview sessions are fairly well-organised. 8) Some of the st.