English for Today by Ganiu Abisoye Bamgbose (GAB)

Note:

A lot of damage was done to the building (not, damages). Damage is injury or harm caused while damages is the money paid or awarded to a claimant for a damage caused.

She kept saying rubbish (not, jargon). Jargon does not mean nonsensical expressions. Rather, it means the technical words used in a particular field. Example: A grammarian should know linguistic jargon.

He uses slang often (not, slangs). The word “slang” cannot be pluralised but one can say slangy expressions.

Ganiu Abisoye Bamgbose (GAB)
Academic Advisor, Distance Learning Centre, University of Ibadan;
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Doctoral Student of English, University of Ibadan.