English for Today by Ganiu Abisoye Bamgbose (Dr GAB)
WORD IN IDIOMS
It’s a new week; we all have to make the right decisions from the ~world~ go (nonstandard).
It’s a new week; we all have to make the right decisions from the word go (standard). If you do something from the word go, you do it from the very beginning of a period of time or situation.
It is a big virtue to be a man of your ~words~ (nonstandard).
It is a big virtue to be a man of your ~word~ (standard). You are a man of your word when you do what you say.
In all you do, be as good as your ~words~ (nonstandard).
In all you do, be as good as your word (standard). To do everything that you promise someone you will is to be as good as your word.
Action speaks louder than ~voice~ (nonstandard).
Action speaks louder than words (standard).
GAB
