English for Today by Ganiu Abisoye Bamgbose (Dr GAB)
AVOID THE -ING
List your qualifications and working experience (nonstandard).
List your qualifications and work experience (standard).
She’s wonderful on the dancing floor (nonstandard).
She’s wonderful on the dance floor (standard).
An area in a nightclub, disco, or restaurant reserved for dancing is called a dance floor.
We need to get a toasting machine (nonstandard).
We need to get a toaster (standard).
Note too that sliced bread browned on both sides by exposure to radiant heat, such as a grill or fire is toast (not, toast bread):
I’m fine with a slice of toast (not, a slice of toast bread).
GAB
