English for Today by Ganiu Abisoye Bamgbose (Dr GAB)
Errors
I want you to get ~one dozen of eggs~ (nonstandard).
I want you to get one dozen eggs (standard). This applies to other uses of dozen:
A dozen of bottles ✖️
A dozen bottles ✔️
You’ve done well; ~more grease~ to your elbow (nonstandard).
You’ve done well; more power to your elbow (standard).
I can’t find ~the second leg~ of my socks (nonstandard).
I can’t find the mate of my socks (standard). A mate is either of a pair of matched objects.
GAB
