English for Today by Ganiu Abisoye Bamgbose (Dr GAB)
OBLIGATORY S’S
A sightseeing of the town will help you get your ~bearing~ (nonstandard).
A sightseeing of the town will help you get your *bearings* (standard).
If you get your bearings or find your bearings, you find out where you are or what you should do next.
They expect you to use your good ~office~ for them always (nonstandard).
They expect you to use your good *offices* for them always (standard).
Someone’s good offices are the help that they give to other people who are trying to achieve something.
A good politician must have their fanbase at the ~grassroot~ level (nonstandard).
A good politician must have their fanbase at the *grassroots* level (standard).
The grassroots of an organisation or movement are the ordinary people who form the main part of it, rather than its leaders.
GAB
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