By English For Today (October 2, 2018) by Ganiu Abisoye Bamgbose (GAB)
Slow but steady wins the race (not, slow and steady wins the race). It is a fixed expression.
She sells underwear (not, underwears). Clothes worn next to the skin are called underwear.
I scent danger (not, smell). To suspect or detect is to scent.
He’s a lout (not, a riff-raff). Riff-raff refers to disreputable or undesirable people, not an individual.
Ganiu Abisoye Bamgbose
Academic Advisor, Distance Learning Centre, University of Ibadan;
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Doctoral student of English, University of Ibadan.
