By English For Today (September 26, 2018) by Ganiu Abisoye Bamgbose (GAB)
Knew these?
He has knock knees (not, k-leg). A condition in which the legs curve inwards so that the feet are apart when the knees are touching is called knock knees. This is also called genu valgum. We can also say: He’s knock-kneed.
Good afternoon, my fellow students (not, colleagues). A colleague is a fellow member of a profession so students don’t have colleagues since they are not workers.
I will see you when I come (not if I come back). To say “if I come” is to doubt your coming.
Ganiu Abisoye Bamgbose
Academic Advisor, Distance Learning Centre, University of Ibadan;
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Doctoral student of English, University of Ibadan.
