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Balance, not change

Published by The Nation on Sun, 05 Jul 2015


THE NATION ON SUNDAY Front Page of June 28 did not defend its freedom: Five northern govs raise alarm (the alarm) over evil forest In headline casting, it is usually the tradion to drop the, but that should not affect fixed/stock or idiomatic expressions. Alternatively, avoid such words or phrases.Marcel Witschard Jr. and Carl Witschard said it will (would) take at least a week for them to remove the bees.It declared tomorrow black Monday during which there will be no lectures at (on) all the campuses of the institution in honour of the dead.UN agency praises Nigerias drug control (drug-control) master plan (masterplan)As a matter of fact, they (legislators) can even remove each others (one anothers) teeth with blows.As we removed his cloths (clothes) to clean him up, we noticed his back.Still on THE NATION ON SUNDAY under review: I use (used) to patch my trousers by myselfAt a time like this when the fortune (fortunes) of oil is (are) dwindling and the economy is nose diving (nose-diving)reports that a peep into the potentials (potential/potenialities) in cashew production can be the launching pad (launch-pad).It is only when they fail to act that we may see a full blown (full-blown) crisis over the issue.Media seige (siege) on (of) Abia: The limit of indulgence (THE NATION ON SUNDAY Bold Headline, June 28)From DAILY SUN of June 29 comes the following: National Assembly crisis: APC holds make or mar (make-or-mar) meeting tomorrowPolitician arrested over (for) theft of polls documentsIt was believed that he was abducted by unknown gunmen. Crime watch today: Is it possible to know the gunmen'I will recover all lootsBuhari (DAILY SUN Front Page Headline, June 24) Loot is uncountable.Our grouse with (about) oil firm (DAILY SUN, June 9)The next set of flaws id from Vanguard of June 25: 2 remanded in Kirikiri Prison over N465m fraudOndo set to flag off (inaugurate/auspicate) ultra-modernabattoirProbe alleged killing of vigilante (vigilance) leader, Delta community urges FGFrom Vanguard COMMENT comes this: We think it is something that should still come with a lot of consideration for its general impact on the economy, which literarily (literally) runs on petroleum products.As you leave today the other person will also leave tomorrow so there is nothing like witch hunting (witch-hunt of) anybody.with regards (regard) to any car in my possession. Alternatively, as regards any car.Itsekiri oil producing (oil-producing) communities allege marginalisationDo you know that most people use change in place of balance when asking for their outstanding money in a transaction. It is very wrong! According to Longman Advanced Dictionary of Contemporary English, among other reference books consulted, balance (money/uncountable) means: The money that you get back when you have paid for something with more money than it costs: Heres your change, sir. b) money in the form of coins, not paper money: in change / have about a dollar in change. I asked for some spare change (=coins that you do not need). C) coins or paper money that you give in exchange for the same amount of money in a larger unit: change for 1/$10 Excuse me, have you got change for a pound' / make change AmE (=give someone change) can you make change for $20' THESAURUS MONEYBALANCE: the balance the amount of something that remains after some has been used, spent, mentioned etc SYN the rest: The firm owns about 96% of the portfolio, with the balance belonging to our family.FEEDBACKAT the end of your opening paragraph (The Sun blazes on Shema), you wrote: Insha Allah, your light will never deem, Your Excellency. So what happened to DIM' (Watchingthewatcher/08098384624)THE correct expression is simply at the helm without any other thingaffairs, etc. (Folurunsho B. F./09033604976/Ilesa)A news report recently quoted a wealthy lover of football as saying that I developed a likeness for the team The word likeness(noun) means being alike, resembling sb/sth, while liking (also a noun) means to become fond of sth or sb. So, Paul has a liking for Manchester United or Chelsea, but definitely not likeness, a common error.Also, when someone controls what happens in a situation, organisation or relationship, he is said to be in the driving seat (British English) or in the drivers seat (American English), according to the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English for Advanced Learners, page 1570. Oxford Advanced Learners equally supports in the driving seat (idiom). Definitely, both fixed expressions are grammatically correct. Related to this is the expression driving licence (British English) while it is drivers licence in American English. (KOLA DANISA/07068074257)BETWEEN 2006 and 2015, a lot (much/a great deal) had happened on the political plane to further strangulate the economy and further spread mass poverty, since strangely, the socalled paper growth hardly resulted in development, talk less (not to talk/not to speak about/not to say/not to mention or let alone) of mass prosperity.THE NATION ON SUNDAY EDITORIAL, June 28, 2015. Grammar and Usage Notes: a lot (two words) not alot, like a lot of and lots of, is obsolescent, and depending on the context, has been replaced, in modern usage, by the following phrases: a great deal of/a number of/a great number of/plenty of/a good number of/a good many of/a large quality of, and so on.In affirmative sentences, many (for countable nouns) and much (for uncountable nouns) are generally replaced by the above phrases. Besides, Editorials must be written in Editorial English (Standard English) because Editorial writing is a statecraft. Above all, editorialists or editorial writers must keep abreast of the changes and the current tendenciesthe dynamicsin the language. Correct usage will always win. Usage is king! (BAYO OGUNTUNASE/08056180046)From Oguntunases language laboratory: Health is wealth (wrong); Health is better than wealth (right); Practice makes perfect (wrong); Practice makes perfection (right); All hands on deck (wrong); All hands to the pump (right)The post Balance, not change appeared first on The Nation.]]>
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