English for Today by Ganiu Abisoye Bamgbose (Dr GAB)
COMMONLY CONFUSED WORDS
TRENDING or TRENDY?
She loves to get ~trending~ things for her children (nonstandard).
She loves to get *trendy* things for her children (standard).
If you say that something or someone is trendy, you mean that they are very fashionable and modern.
The failure rate in UTME is the ~trendy~ discussion in Nigeria now (nonstandard).
The failure rate in UTME is the *trending* discussion in Nigeria now (standard).
To be trending is to be one of the words, subjects, or names that is being mentioned most often on a social media website or a news website at a particular time.
GAB
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