English for Today by Ganiu Abisoye Bamgbose (Dr GAB)
NON-PARTICIPIAL ADJECTIVES
Some of us never watched ~coloured~ television as children (nonstandard).
Some of us never watched *colour* television (standard).
My friend is such a ~matured~ person (nonstandard).
My friend is such a *mature* person (standard).
She left a ~secured~ job to start her own business (nonstandard).
She left a *secure* job to start her own business (standard).
GAB
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