English for Today by Ganiu Abisoye Bamgbose (Dr GAB)
ENGLISH FOR OFFICIAL PURPOSE
You should sign on your ~complimentary card~ before giving it out (nonstandard).
You should sign on your business card before giving it out (standard). A person’s business card or their card is a small card which they give to other people, and which has their name and details of their job and company printed on it.
Your referee should write a recommendation letter with a ~letterheaded paper~ (nonstandard).
Your referee should write a recommendation letter with a ~letterhead paper~ (nonstandard).
Your referee should write a recommendation letter with a letterhead (standard). A letterhead is a printed heading on stationery, stating a person or organisation’s name and address.
She didn’t deem it necessary to observe ~protocols~ before her presentation (nonstandard).
She didn’t deem it necessary to observe protocol before her presentation (standard). The system of rules and acceptable behaviour used at official ceremonies and occasions is called protocol.
GAB
