English for Today by Ganiu Abisoye Bamgbose (Dr GAB)
LET’S TALK STANDARD ENGLISH
We got a quit notice (nonstandard).
We got a notice to quit (standard).
He was trying to roughhandle her (nonstandard).
He was trying to manhandle her (standard).
Don’t go out of your house in a dunlop slippers (nonstandard).
Don’t go out of your house in a pair of flip-flops (standard).
GAB
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