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'be rest assured' is wrong. Find out why and how to pronounce 'Colonel

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 Good morning beautiful earthlings of King Ifey's blog(KIB).

You all are officially KIB studentsπŸ˜€πŸ˜€.

Welcome to the permanent site. 

You can rest assured your spoken English will get an unprecedented make-over right here on KIB.

Alright let's get  down to brass tacks. 
Today,  we are looking at the idiom

Rest assured

What does it mean


 It means to be assured; to be certain. 

E.g
Rest assured that you'll get the best information here. 
 Please rest assured that we will take care of the damages.

These are the right ways to say it. 

It is wrong to say 'be rest assured' 

You can be rest assured that we will make your party awesome. 

Be rest assured that we will help you. 

They are not correct because "be' is in the statement. 

The best way I can make this idiom sink into you,  is to give you this analogy. 

You can 'be' know well enough that I will be there. 

The question one immediately  asks is ,

 "what the hell is 'be' doing in that sentence"

The same way 'be' is a distraction in that sentence, it is also a distraction in the sentence below. 

You can 'be' rest assured that I'll be there.


Try and do away with 'be' anywhere you find rest assured. 

You can rest assured that people will look at you differently when you start incorporating all these grammar nuggets in your daily conversation. 

Let's look at a few words. 

Colonel 
Kernel

This may sound hilarious to many Nigerians,  but colonel is pronounced as kernel.  The 'L' a silent. 


Colonel /ˈkəːnl/
Kernel / ˈkəːnl/

/əː/ is another form for the long vowel sound in girl, turn,  nurse, work.  

Please pronounce 'colonel with some dignity today. You can check out the pronunciation in  the last video I did on Facebook.


Phew!  The class with King Ifey is 
Done and dusted. 

I will be on the next flight to New York. 

*walks out of the class*
*peeps through the window*  

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  1. nachemma6 July 2017 at 01:02

    The "be" makes that expression a tautology alright. Thanks.

    And more /k3:nls/ to your garri.

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  2. Vicky6 July 2017 at 01:04

    Lol I thought you'll say be assured and remove the 'rest'. Sha what makes it wrong? You can rest assured just sounds whackoπŸ˜€πŸ˜€πŸ˜€. 'Mummy, you can rest assured that I can never forget you' I will spend my remaining airtime explaining how that is correct even though I called for something else

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    1. Unknown6 July 2017 at 01:19

      πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚

      Lmao.

      What a mum you have.

      Actually I learnt this on Chibueze Mitchy's wall a month ago.

      I was stunned

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  3. Unknown6 July 2017 at 01:06

    Exactly my brother.
    Lol.

    More kernels to your garri too. Lmao

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  4. Unknown6 July 2017 at 01:07

    oh lawwd....rest assured i will be attending the meeting

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    1. Unknown6 July 2017 at 01:20

      Exactly... That's how you say it my dear

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  5. Toluwalope Ajao6 July 2017 at 01:12

    Wow! I love that i always learn something new in your class. Kudos

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    1. Unknown6 July 2017 at 01:20

      Thank you dear.
      Let's keep learning together

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  6. Unknown6 July 2017 at 01:21

    Thank you teacher...rest assured I won't be adding " be" when using assured in my future conversations.

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  7. Anonymous6 July 2017 at 01:21

    First comer.....

    Yaaaaaay

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    1. Unknown6 July 2017 at 01:49

      Mr. Anonymous.
      Good to see you in class with no name.. Lol

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  8. Unknown6 July 2017 at 01:23

    Thanks tisha.

    Rest assured that we will make you proud during examination.

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  9. Gabby6 July 2017 at 01:52

    Phew! It's so hard trying to comment on this blog.

    Thank you King Ifey.

    You are a blessing to humanity.
    You have touched lives in different ways.

    You are truly a living saint.

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    1. Unknown6 July 2017 at 01:52

      Thank you Gabby.

      You just made me she'd happy tears.

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  10. Unknown6 July 2017 at 01:52

    I'd rest assured that I've learnt something today.

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  11. Unknown6 July 2017 at 01:52

    I'd rest assured that I've learnt something today.

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  12. Unknown6 July 2017 at 01:53

    Rest assured, I've learnt something today.

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    1. Unknown6 July 2017 at 02:06

      Excellent... This is a better way to put it

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  13. Unknown6 July 2017 at 01:53

    I'd rest assured that I've learnt something today.

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  14. Unknown6 July 2017 at 01:57

    Be rest assured! Chai. I need my school fee back ooo

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    1. Unknown6 July 2017 at 02:07

      πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚

      Lmao.

      You are learning.

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    2. Unknown6 July 2017 at 02:35

      We'll get there

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  15. Unknown6 July 2017 at 01:57

    I see and understand more better. Thank you teacher.. I'm also active in your class. Beautiful Morning..

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    1. Unknown6 July 2017 at 02:23

      http://kingifey.blogspot.com.ng/2017/07/more-better-wrong-use-of-comparative.html?m=1

      I think you should read this link my brother.

      You will learn more from it

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  16. Unknown6 July 2017 at 02:01

    I begin a day with feelings
    Within music,
    For muse
    And scripture,
    Seals it with prayer.. Also rest assured that I'd learnt something new here. Beautiful morning

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  17. Ezeama Mercy6 July 2017 at 02:09

    Rest assured i will always come to class here. I will correct the wrong English too.

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    1. Unknown6 July 2017 at 02:18

      You see.

      It isn't that difficult right?

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    2. Ezeama Mercy6 July 2017 at 02:54

      Nope, it wasn't. Thank you for coaching me.

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  18. Unknown6 July 2017 at 02:17

    Be rest assured I'll book our flight to New York tisha! πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚

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    1. Unknown6 July 2017 at 03:11

      It's like you Don want to join me to New york. Why are you saying

      Be rest assured again?
      Lol

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  19. Ife-Nze6 July 2017 at 02:39

    You can rest assured I will look my Secondary School English teacher somehow when next we meet, lolzz

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    1. Unknown6 July 2017 at 04:12

      πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚

      Lmao

      Delete
  20. Unknown6 July 2017 at 02:44

    Am in love with this

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  21. Memsy6 July 2017 at 02:54

    i'm here!

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    1. Unknown6 July 2017 at 04:14

      Glad to see you here.
      Stop by next time

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  22. Liberal Poetry6 July 2017 at 03:14

    Teacher can we have this?
    Please be assured I will come

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  23. Unknown6 July 2017 at 04:04

    Rest assured I will come to class tomorrow (hope I got that right?)

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    1. Unknown6 July 2017 at 04:16

      Very correct.

      See you tomorrow in class

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    2. Unknown6 July 2017 at 04:16

      Very correct.

      See you tomorrow in class

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  24. Unknown6 July 2017 at 04:06

    Rest assured I will come to class tomorrow.(hope I got that right?)

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  25. Unknown6 July 2017 at 04:19

    Rest assured that I will keep learning from reading your blog.

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  26. Oke Adenike6 July 2017 at 06:04

    I'm rest assured I'll always learn new things here...

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  27. Unknown6 July 2017 at 06:45

    You are welcome bro

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  28. Unknown6 July 2017 at 07:10

    Ewww! I came late to class.

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  29. Unknown6 July 2017 at 07:11

    Ewww! I came late to class.

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    1. Unknown6 July 2017 at 09:28

      Well , the vital thing is you eventually learnt .

      I am happy you could stop by

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  30. Unknown6 July 2017 at 09:12

    Am late again...y

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  31. Unknown6 July 2017 at 09:13

    Am late again...y

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    1. Unknown6 July 2017 at 09:29

      Hmm... Oya explain. Why are you late.. Lol

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  32. Unknown6 July 2017 at 09:14

    Thank you sir

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  33. Unknown6 July 2017 at 09:14

    Thank you sir

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  34. Unknown6 July 2017 at 12:29

    I was here.

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  35. Goody6 July 2017 at 18:54

    Lol I have read this on Facebook countless times before and I still react the same way... English should sha forgive me cause I have murdered it severally. ������

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    1. Unknown7 July 2017 at 08:27

      πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚

      Lol. You keep learning

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