English for Today by Ganiu Abisoye Bamgbose (Dr GAB)
TECHNICAL PREPOSITIONS
We are organising the grammar quiz ~with the hope~ of building academic culture in students (nonstandard).
We are organising the grammar quiz in the hope of building academic culture in students (standard).
We are hopeful that some people will be ~instrumental to~ making this a success (nonstandard).
We are hopeful that some people will be instrumental in making this a success (nonstandard).
Many people were ~on the queue~ (nonstandard).
Many people were in the queue (standard).
GAB
