English for Today by Ganiu Abisoye Bamgbose (Dr GAB)
USE THE RIGHT WORD
I attended my favourite teacher’s send forth (nonstandard).
I attended my favourite teacher’s send-off (standard). Send forth is a phrasal verb which means to cause (something) to be heard:
She sent forth a loud cry. A celebratory demonstration of goodwill at a person’s departure is a send-off.
Azeezat can gist for ten hours (nonstandard).
Azeezat can chat for ten hours (standard). Gist is the substance or general meaning of a speech or text or the real point of an action: I could not even get the gist of the whole talk. An informal conversation between or among people is a chat.
GAB
