English for Today by Ganiu Abisoye Bamgbose (Dr GAB)
Standard and Nonstandard Expressions
I like your wife’s ~colour~ (nonstandard).
I like your wife’s colouring (standard). Someone’s colouring is the colour of their hair, skin, and eyes.
We need a ~wireless~ microphone (nonstandard).
We need a cordless microphone (standard).
Spread the clothes on the ~wire~ (nonstandard).
Spread the clothes on the ~rope~ (nonstandard).
Spread the clothes on the washing line (standard).
Spread the clothes on the clothes line (standard).
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