English for Today by Ganiu Abisoye Bamgbose (Dr GAB)
MISUSED UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS
You need to present ~a footage~ of the show for your claim (nonstandard).
You need to present *footage* of the show for your claim (standard).
Footage of a particular event is a film of it or the part of a film which shows this event.
This is time for serious work and not just ~rhetorics~ (nonstandard).
This is time for serious work and not just *rhetoric* (standard).
If you refer to speech or writing as rhetoric, you mean it is intended to convince and impress people but may not be sincere or honest.
We were delayed because of ~a bad weather~ (nonstandard).
We were delayed because of *bad weather* (standard).
GAB
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