English for Today for Ganiu Abisoye Bamgbose (Dr GAB)
S SERIES
We shall, in the next few days, be discussing the importance of letter s in the grammaticality of utterances.
Her father is a lecturer and she desires a career ~along the same line~ (nonstandard).
Her father is a lecturer and she desires a career along the same lines (nonstandard).
A good accountant will not ~cook the book~ (nonstandard).
A good accountant will not cook the books (standard). To cook the books is to alter facts or figures dishonestly or illegally.
GAB
