DO NOT SEPARATE THEM

English for Today by Ganiu Abisoye Bamgbose (Dr GAB)

DO NOT SEPARATE THEM

There is no ~gain saying~ you won’t leave his house (nonstandard).
There is no gainsaying you won’t leave his house.

There hasn’t been ~rain fall~ in a while (nonstandard).
There hasn’t been rainfall in a while (standard).

He was here yesterday, ~not withstanding~ the rainfall (nonstandard).
He was here yesterday, notwithstanding the rainfall (standard).

Note that some other words can either be written as a single word or be separated:
Stomach ache ✔
Stomachache ✔
GAB

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