Grammar Charge

English for Today by Ganiu Abisoye Bamgbose (Dr GAB)

Grammar Charge

Get your priorities right; the week will be gone in the ~twinkle~ of an eye (nonstandard).
Get your priorities straight; the week will be gone in the twinkling of an eye (standard).

You have to work hard to achieve your ~heart desire~, and Monday is a good day to strategise (nonstandard).
You have to work hard to achieve your heart’s desire, and Monday is a good day to strategise (standard).

Don’t raise his ~hope~ if you won’t help him (nonstandard).
Don’t raise his hopes if you won’t help him (standard). The idiom is “raise a person’s hopes (not, hope)”.
GAB