English for Today by Ganiu Abisoye Bamgbose (Dr GAB)
ON “PASSPORT”
You’ll need a ~passport~ when filling in your form (nonstandard).
You’ll need a passport photo when filling in your form (standard). A small photograph of a person’s face used on documents is called passport photo.
You have to get your ~international passport~ before next year (nonstandard).
You have to get your passport before next year (standard). An official document issued by a government, certifying the holder’s identity and citizenship and entitling them to travel under its protection to and from foreign countries is a passport.
Education is a ~passport for~ success (nonstandard).
Education is a passport to success (standard).
If you say that a thing is a passport to success or happiness, you mean that this thing makes success or happiness possible.
GAB
