English for Today by Ganiu Abisoye Bamgbose (Dr GAB)
COMMON ERRORS
That’s my ~junior~ sister (nonstandard).
That’s my *younger* sister (standard).
This also applies to “senior” sister which should be expressed as “elder” sister.
Tomorrow is the ~wake keeping~ (nonstandard).
Tomorrow is the ~night wake~ (nonstandard).
Tomorrow is the ~Christian wake~ (nonstandard).
Tomorrow is the *wake* (standard).
A wake is an occasion when the family and friends of a dead person meet in order to look at the dead body the night before it is buried, or when they meet after a dead person has been buried to drink and talk about the person’s life.
She has a ~running~ nose (nonstandard).
She has a *runny* nose (standard).
If your nose is runny, it is producing more mucus than usual, usually because you are ill.
GAB
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