ON SAFETY AND EPIDEMIC

English for Today by Ganiu Abisoye Bamgbose (Dr GAB)

ON SAFETY AND EPIDEMIC

The government has engaged in ~peace talk~ with religious leaders to warn against gatherings (nonstandard).
The government has engaged in peace talks with religious leaders to warn against gatherings (standard).

Peradventure you find anyone showing symptoms, ~raise an alarm~ (nonstandard).
Peradventure you find anyone showing symptoms, raise the alarm (standard).

Some ~uniform policemen~ will be deployed to Lagos, Abuja and Ogun (nonstandard).
Some uniformed policemen will be deployed to Lagos, Abuja and Ogun (standard).
GAB

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