English for Today by Ganiu Abisoye Bamgbose (Dr GAB)

Points of grammar

I did it for reasons best known to me (nonstandard).
I did it for reasons best known to myself (standard).

He came first in the examination (nonstandard).
He came in first in the examination (standard).

He is an occultic man (nonstandard).
He is an occult man (standard).
GAB

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