English for Today by Ganiu Abisoye Bamgbose (Dr GAB)

MORE SINGLE-WORD COMPOUNDS

Students must have missed their ~class mates~ (nonstandard).
Students must have missed their classmates (standard).

We can get to submit our ~home work~ online (nonstandard).
We can get to submit our homework online (standard).

I wish to visit my ~grand mother~ (nonstandard).
I wish to visit my grandmother (standard).
GAB

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