English for Today by Ganiu Abisoye Bamgbose (Dr GAB)
I don’t like sitting close to him. He’s lousy (nonstandard).
I don’t like sitting close to him. He’s noisy (standard). To be lousy is to be very poor or bad.
I love to help upcoming artistes (nonstandard).
I love to help up-and-coming artistes (standard). Upcoming means forthcoming or soon to happen while up-and-coming means making good progress and likely to become successful.
I was at the launching of Dr Barth Akpah’s Land of Tales yesterday.
I was at the launch of Dr Barth Akpah’s Land of Tales yesterday.
GAB
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