English for Today by Ganiu Abisoye Bamgbose (GAB)
Note these:
Would you stop making a noise (not, Would you stop making noise). Noise is a countable noun.
What’s your complaint about (not, What’s your complain about)? “Complaint” is a noun while “complain” is a verb.
He showed up at my door, bag and baggage, last Sunday (not, bag and baggages). Note also that “bag and baggage” should not be used as a noun (Move your bag and baggage×) but as an adverb (She moved bag and baggage√).
Ganiu Abisoye Bamgbose (GAB)
Academic Advisor, Distance Learning Centre, University of Ibadan;
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Doctoral Student of English, University of Ibadan.
