English for Today by Ganiu Abisoye Bamgbose (Dr GAB)

S REVISITED

Reading good books will broaden your ~horizon~ (nonstandard).
Reading good books will broaden your *horizons* (standard).
To broaden one’s horizons is to expand one’s range of interests, activities, and knowledge.

Do you know about the law of ~diminishing return~ (nonstandard)?
Do you know about the law of *diminishing returns* (standard)?

You have to start using ~eye drop~ (nonstandard).
You have to start using *eye drops* (standard).
GAB

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