MIND THE PARTICIPLES

English for Today by Ganiu Abisoye Bamgbose (Dr GAB)

MIND THE PARTICIPLES

She doesn’t like to cook with ~tin~ tomatoes (nonstandard).
She doesn’t like to cook with tinned tomatoes (standard).

She prefers ~bottle~ water (nonstandard).
She prefers bottled water (standard).

I may prefer ~flower~ curtains (nonstandard).
I may prefer flowered curtains (standard).
GAB

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