English for Today by Ganiu Abisoye Bamgbose (Dr GAB)

Don’t set your feet in my house (nonstandard).
Don’t set your foot in my house (standard).

I just met myself in London (nonstandard).
I just fetched up in London (standard).To arrive or come to rest somewhere, typically by accident or unintentionally is to fetch up.

I was there for one and a half hour (nonstandard).
I was there for one and a half hours (standard).
Plural is anything more than one; not necessarily two upward.
GAB

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