English for Today by Ganiu Abisoye Bamgbose (Dr GAB)
S SERIES FOR VALENTINE
Don’t spend against your ~wish~ to impress anyone on Valentine’s Day (nonstandard).
Don’t spend against your wishes to impress anyone on Valentine’s Day (standard).
Dear lady, can we see the man behind the ~scene~ today (nonstandard)?
Dear lady, can we see the man behind the scenes today (standard)?
If s/he wouldn’t spend at least one and a half ~hour~ with you today, be suspicious (nonstandard).
If s/he wouldn’t spend at least one and a half hours with you today, be suspicious (standard). Plural is anything more than one; it doesn’t necessarily begin from two.
GAB
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