English for Today by Ganiu Abisoye Bamgbose (Dr GAB)
TAUTOLOGY
We are coming up with some ~new innovations~ (nonstandard).
We are coming up with some *innovations* (standard).
An innovation is a new thing or a new method of doing something.
He was looking like a ~log of wood~ (nonstandard).
He was looking like a *log* (standard).
A log is a piece of a thick branch or of the trunk of a tree that has been cut so that it can be used for fuel or for making things.
I have to ~retrieve back~ my jacket from that office (nonstandard).
I have to *retrieve* my jacket from that office (standard).
If you retrieve something, you get it back from the place where you left it.
GAB
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