English for Today by Ganiu Abisoye Bamgbose (Dr GAB)
New Week Grammar
It’s a new week; be focused and cut your coat according to your ~size~ (nonstandard).
It’s a new week; be focused and cut your coat according to your cloth (standard).
Forgive others and let ~bygone be bygone~ (nonstandard).
Forgive others and let bygones be bygones (standard).
Let your actions show that you’re a ~devoted~ Christian (nonstandard).
Let your actions show that you are a devout Christian (standard). To have or show deep religious feeling or commitment is to be devout while being devoted is to be loving and loyal:
He is a devoted fan.
“Devout” is pronounced just like “devoted” but without the -ed.
GAB
