By English For Today (October 1, 2018) by Ganiu Abisoye Bamgbose (GAB)
Note:
Happy Independence Day (not, Independent Day). This also applies to the names of centres such as: Distance Learning Centre (not, Distant Learning Centre).
He is a lout (not, a tout). When we mean a rude violent person, a hooligan or a thug, we say a lout. A tout is someone advertising for customers in an aggressive way.
I saw a one-eyed beggar (not, one eye beggar). To have the sight of only one eye is to be one-eyed.
Nigerian politics is in a shambles (not, a shamble).
Ganiu Abisoye Bamgbose
Academic Advisor, Distance Learning Centre, University of Ibadan;
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Doctoral student of English, University of Ibadan.
