English for Today by Ganiu Abisoye Bamgbose (Dr GAB)
INTERVENTION THROUGH GRAMMAR
I know fully well that some employers are smiling to the bank now (nonstandard).
I know full well that some employers are laughing all the way to the bank now (standard). To know full well is to know certainly of something especially when one pretends not to know and to laugh all the way to the bank is to make a lot of money very easily.
A good employer should share the company’s annual profits with her staffs (nonstandard).
A good employer should share the company’s annual profits with her staff.
It’s only in Nigeria that employers don’t pay their staff as at when due yet the employers travel on holidays with their families (nonstandard).
It’s only in Nigeria that employers don’t pay their staff as and when due yet the employers travel on holidays with their families.
GAB
