English for Today by Ganiu Abisoye Bamgbose (Dr GAB)
COMMON ERRORS
We have to examine the proposal ~in details~ before doing anything (nonstandard).
We have to examine the proposal in detail before doing anything (standard). If you examine or discuss something in detail, you do it thoroughly and carefully.
The infrastructural facilities must be provided ~across board~ (nonstandard).
The infrastructural facilities must be provided ~across boards~ (nonstandard).
The infrastructural facilities must be provided across the board (standard). If a policy or a situation applies across the board, it affects everything or everyone in a particular group.
The requirements for the degree are ~as follow~: … (nonstandard).
The requirements for the degree are as follows: … (standard). You use “as follows” in writing or speech to introduce something such as a list, description, or explanation.
GAB
