Bad Grammar: It Is Over: Tinubu Fulfils Promise

 

Background

Maiyegun's Diary Politico is a political commentary channel on YouTube. It has 98,000 subscribers and has approximately 7000 video uploads. The creator of the channel uses his vituperative livestreams as a means of delivering politically-charged broadsides.

My Comments

The errors in this title are so many; I wonder how coherent meaning can be derived from it.

First, the phrase “fulfilled promise” should either be written as “fulfilled his promise” or “fulfils promise.” This would make the statement clearer and more grammatically correct.

Then there is the barefaced subject-verb agreement error at the end of the title. This error is one of the most common grammatical errors on YouTube.  

The creator writes: "mini protests erupts." This is incorrect and the appropriate form should be: “mini protests erupt.” This properly matches the plural word “protests” with the plural verb “erupt” which does not carry the letter “S.”