English for Today by Ganiu Abisoye Bamgbose (Dr GAB)
NOUNS or VERBS?
Her ~complain~ will be looked into (nonstandard).
Her complaint will be looked into (standard).
They complain a lot (standard).
We did that based on the financial ~restrain~ (nonstandard).
We did that based on the financial restraint (standard)
Lack of capital and manpower restrain success (standard).
You should be able to express yourself without ~constrain~ (nonstandard).
You should be able to express yourself without constraint (standard).
Their progress was constrained by some factors (standard).
GAB
