English for Today by Ganiu Abisoye Bamgbose (Dr GAB)
Using Correlatives
Hardly had I stepped out than the students started talking (nonstandard).
Hardly had I stepped out when the students started talking (standard).
No sooner had I finished when he took over (nonstandard).
No sooner had I finished than he took over (standard).
I prefer rice than beans (nonstandard).
I prefer rice to beans (standard).
Others include: scarcely…when, not only…but also. The Correlatives are fixed pairs and must be used in exactitude.
GAB
Sir, what is the different between “planning to” and “planning on”?
Good
Please what is the uses of “being” and “been”
I just saw online that ‘Either-Or’ and ‘Neither-Nor’ also fit the bill.