By English For Today (September 6, 2018) By Ganiu Abisoye Bamgbose (GAB)
Some words don’t need the “d”
She has a secure job (not, secured). When a person or thing is free from attack, danger or is protected, the adjective is “secure”. The word can however attract the past tense marker when used as a verb: She has secured a job.
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The boy is not mature (not, matured). To be fully grown up is to be mature. This too can be used as a verb: The boy has matured.
He is overage (not, overaged). Having an age that is greater than a stipulated minimum is to be overage.
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Ganiu Abisoye Bamgbose
Academic Advisor, Distance Learning Centre, University of Ibadan;,
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Doctoral Student of English, University of Ibadan.
