SOUTH AFRICAN ENGLISH GRAMMAR I

Sporadic countable use of uncountable nouns.
e.g. furnitures for piece of furniture.


Repetition of words for emphasis and rethorical purposes.
e.g. Do it small small do it slowly, bit by bit.


Common use of resumptive pronoun subjects.
e.g. My father he is very tall.

Yes-no questions answered to accord with form rather than meaning.
e.g. Didn’t you break that? Yes I didn’t.