English for Today by Ganiu Abisoye Bamgbose (Dr GAB)
SPEAKING IN EXACTITUDE
I can’t sustain a distant relationship for ~out of sight is out of mind~ (nonstandard).
I can’t sustain a distant relationship for out of sight, out of mind (standard).
Things change when you put in effort because ~practice makes perfection~ (nonstandard)
Things change when you put in effort because practice makes perfect (standard).
In a bank, you pay in with a ~teller~ (nonstandard).
In a bank, you pay in with a paying-in slip (standard). Americans also call it a deposit slip . A teller is a person employed to deal with customers’ transactions in a bank.
GAB
