English for Today by Ganiu Abisoye Bamgbose (Dr GAB)
With or Without d?
She had to leave the youth team because she was ~over aged~ (nonstandard).
She had to leave the youth team because she was overage (standard). When a person is older than a particular thing and isn’t allowed to have it, then the person is overage.
The police were scared of the ~one eye~ assassin (nonstandard).
The police were scared of the one-eyed assassin (standard). Having the sight of only one eye is to be one-eyed.
GAB
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