English for Today by Ganiu Abisoye Bamgbose (Dr GAB)
OBLIGATORY S’S
We were there to pay our last ~respect~ (nonstandard).
We were there to pay our last *respects* (standard).
To pay your last respects is to honour someone after their death, usually by going to the person’s funeral.
By ~right~, he should be the next king (nonstandard).
By *rights*, he should be the next king (standard).
If something is not the case but you think that it should be, you can say that by rights it should be the case.
Your table ~manner~ are awful (nonstandard).
Your table *manners* are awful (standard).
The socially acceptable way to eat your food, especially when eating a meal with others is called table manners.
GAB
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