English for Today by Ganiu Abisoye Bamgbose (Dr GAB).

In this language called English,

1. A person who dances is a dancer but a person who cooks is not a cooker. A person who cooks is a cook.

2. A leader leads but a barber does not barb. While to barb is to furnish with a barb, what a barber does is to barber (not, barb) hair.

3. An actress can be referred to as an actor but an actor is not an actress.
GAB

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