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1. Cured from. An ill persons get cured of the illness and not otherwise.
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2. Deprived from. You get deprived of your right not deprived from them.

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3. Die from. When sb gets sick and dies, they die of an ailment and not from it.
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NOTE: Humans die of illness,of hunger,of thirst,of or from wounds; from over work,by violence,by the sword,by pestilence, in battle, for their country,for a cause,through neglect,on the scaffold,at the stake.
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4. Indifferent from. Sb can only be indifferent to sth or sb not otherwise.
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5. It is brisket bone not biscuit bone. Naija, haba!
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6. You get accused of sth, not accused for it.
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7. You get accustomed to and not with sth.
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8. You get ashamed of sth and not ashamed for/on it.
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9. You get anxious about sth and not anxious by/to it.
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10. You get angry with sb or sth and not angry for/against.
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- We get angry with a person, however, angry at a thing: He was at the dog not with with the dog.
- you also get annoyed with sb/sth, vexed with, indignant with a person, but at a thing.
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11. You aim at sb/sth not to it. Always use the preposition at to talk about direction.
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12. You boast for sth and not boast about it.
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13. You congratulate sb on sth and not for sth.
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14. You get covered with sth and not by it.
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15. You become glad about sth not of/from sth.
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16. You become independent of [/b]sb/sth not from them.
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17. And, you become [b]dependant on sb/sth not by/of them.
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18. You insist on doing sth not insist to doing it.
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19. You persist sb in doing sth not persist them on doing sth.
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20. You become jealous of sb or sth not jealous from them.
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21. You leave for a place not to a place.
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22. You live on sth not from sth.
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Also, you gaze at, stare at, etc. But: look after (= take care of), look for (=try to find), look over (=examine), look into (=examine closely), look on or upon (=consider), look down on (=have a low opinion of), look up to (=respect), look out for (=expect), look forward to (= expect with pleasure),
Look to (= rely on).
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24. You get interested in sb or sth, not on them.
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25. You guard against sth/sb not from them.
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26. You are Bad at, clever at, quick at, slow at, doing sth and not otherwise.
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27. Sb cannot be plumpy in nature, they can only be plump.
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28. You prefer sth/sb to sth/sb and not prefer sth/sb from sb/sth.
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Bonus: Abeg, Enugu guys, it ls not 'baby, you are my hall and hall.' The word is all.
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Origin: http://chatinent.com.ng/index.php?act=ST&f=33&t=333&st=0#entry613
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Views, questions and suggestions are welcomed.

Which kind wahala be this

Thanks for the Info.

You people can correct all you want, 'biscuit bone' has been passed down to at least 'two generations' and it isnt going anywhere soon!

hall and hall, you try .

Why is Nairaland scattered on my phone?

I am not understanding.

Lolsss.... True talk joor.....

Wow.....Chaiii person just they speak rubbish since due to environmental factors. Some of my primary school teachers use those terms 'fluently'.


Yes I grew up in the Ghettos

Prefer TO nor prefer THAN

Charged with (not for) an offence.

according to what biafrabushboi posted, we are not an English speaking country... so abeg carry ur collocation go UK..... lol...

I really don't care about how people speak, as long as I get the point they tryna make.... even oyinbos don't keep a hoot bout how well u speak..

I think I learnt a thing or two

Good

We get angry with a person, however, angry at a thing: He was at the dog not with with the dog.


Mr teacher don't teach me nonsense

Thanks for the lessons

nice tips

noted

Very educating
thanks

3rd something reasonable Z being posted on this site

hmmm....

you try!

Do you get mad at, or mad with someone?

Basic Lesson! Its not in series and as such not plural!

Consider: It's the only way 99% of you could ever stand a chance! It's just your opinion and not a fact and thus the usage of WILL is counterproductive! Plus it's more appropriate to not use THAT in the sentence
Apparently you need the lesson just as much as we do!
Shalom..!

HajimeSaito:


Basic lessons in grammar for our less intellectually endowed colleagues from the Northside. Bayero Primary school and Usman Dan Fodio primary school graduates can relate.
Congrats on your successful attempt at lowering the jamb cut off mark. It's the only way that 99% of you will ever stand a chance of getting a university education.

I stopped reading after number 5. There is nothing like brisket bone in the human body