English for Today by Ganiu Abisoye Bamgbose (Dr GAB)
Grammar in Christendom
Teach your children to ~share the grace~ before eating (nonstandard).
Teach your children to ~say the grace~ before eating (nonstandard).
Teach your children to say grace before eating (standard).
Meet ~Reverend H. Clark~ (nonstandard).
Meet the Reverend H. Clark (standard). When used as a title for a priest of the Christian church, reverend should be preceded by article ‘the’.
You should understand the central message of the ~cruxification~ (nonstandard).
You should understand the central message of the ~crucifixion~ (nonstandard).
You should understand the central message of the Crucifixion (standard). Note that when it refers to the killing of Christ, crucifixion is preceded by article ‘the’ and the first letter, c, is capitalised.
All ~christiandom~ responded to the call (nonstandard).
All Christendom responded to the call (standard). Note that the spelling is not directly derived from Christian. Also, the first letter is preferably capitalised wherever the word is used in a sentence.
GAB
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