English for Today by Ganiu Abisoye Bamgbose (GAB)
Popular but Wrong
Hip Hip Hooray (not, hip, hip, hip, hooray). This congratulatory or appreciative remark is called three cheers in English. Cheers to a new year: hip, hip, hooray!
This is Mr Bamgbose (not, Mr Ganiu). Titles are not used with first names. The use of titles must attract either the surname alone or a full name: This is Mr Ganiu Bamgbose.
He works for GTB (To be employed by a person or organisation is to work for them).
AIRTEL is working with GTB to serve their customers better (on the other hand, to “work with”is to partner with an organisation.
Ganiu Abisoye Bamgbose (GAB)
Academic Advisor, Distance Learning Centre, University of Ibadan;
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Doctoral Student of English, University of Ibadan.
