English for Today by Ganiu Abisoye Bamgbose (Dr GAB)
FATE, FAITH, FATEFUL, FAITHFUL
On that ~faithful day~, I couldn’t do anything when I heard the story (nonstandard).
On that fateful day, I couldn’t do anything when I heard the story (standard). If an action or a time when something happened is described as fateful, it is considered to have an important, and often very bad, effect on future events.
The ~faith~ of a country depends on the leadership quality of the elite (nonstandard).
The fate of a country depends on the leadership quality of the elite (standard).
Nothing can restore my ~fate~ in these politicians (nonstandard).
Nothing can restore my faith in these politicians (standard).
The ~faithfuls~ revered him as a prophet (nonstandard).
The faithful revered him as a prophet (standard).
GAB
