English for Today by Ganiu Abisoye Bamgbose (Dr GAB)
Note the S’s
Pack your bag and leave (nonstandard).
Pack your bags and leave (standard). To pack one’s bags is to put one’s belongings in a suitcase or other container for travelling or to gather up one’s belongings and leave a place.
He got the job by backstair influence (nonstandard).
He got the job by backstairs influence (standard). Backstairs influence means to use some secret and improper influence.
She lacks table manner (nonstandard).
She lacks table manners (standard). Table manners means behaviour that is conventionally required while eating at table.
GAB
