English for Today by Ganiu Abisoye Bamgbose (Dr GAB)
Common Errors
~Funny enough~ , I didn’t plan coming (nonstandard).
Funnily enough , I didn’t plan coming (standard).
I ~sense~ danger (nonstandard).
I scent danger (standard). To get or have an inkling of
something is to scent it.
I need a ~tape rule~ (nonstandard).
I need a tape measure (standard). A length of tape or thin flexible metal, marked at graded intervals for measuring is a tape measure.
GAB
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