English for Today by Ganiu Abisoye Bamgbose (Dr GAB)

IDIOMS AND OBLIGATORY COMMA

I visit him ~year in year out~ (nonstandard).
I visit him year in, year out (standard).

Tickets are available on a ~first come first served~ basis (nonstandard).
Tickets are available on a first come, first served basis (standard). Note that serve has to be in the past form in this idiom.
GAB

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