English for Today by Ganiu Abisoye Bamgbose (GAB)

Some points on grammar

I saw the two last applicants (nonstandard).
I saw the last two applicants (standard).
Note: In the arrangement of numeral adjectives, ordinals (words showing position) come before cardinal (words showing number). Another instance is first two men (not, two first men).

This your bag is fine (nonstandard).
This bag of yours is fine (standard).
Note: Demonstratives (this, that, these and those) are not used at immediate succession with possessives (my, her, his, our, their).
GAB

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