WRONG LEXICAL CHOICES

English for Today by Ganiu Abisoye Bamgbose (Dr GAB)

WRONG LEXICAL CHOICES

We now get to buy petrol from black ~marketers~ (nonstandard).
We now get to buy petrol from black marketeers (standard). A person who is involved in the illegal trading of goods whose sale is not allowed or is limited or taxed is a black marketeer.

My sister is quiet but I am always the ~life wire~ of every party (nonstandard).
My sister is quiet but I am always the live wire of every party (standard). Someone who is very energetic and has an enthusiastic personality is described as a live wire.

She just has to get busy; even if it is a ~low paying~ job (nonstandard).
She just has to get busy; even if it is a low-paid job (standard). If you describe someone or their job as low-paid, you mean that their work earns them very little money.
GAB