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Hushed There Their Three Glasses of Water Appropriate use
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Assessing/accessing, bother/border

SAMPLE 1: “Wahab said the state government is accessing the situation and that on Sunday, a decision will be taken…

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Hushed There Their Three Glasses of Water Appropriate use
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Of relief and outrider

SAMPLE 1: “Gomina was said to be off duty on Friday, but had volunteered to relief his colleague, Bawa who…

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Hushed There Their Three Glasses of Water Appropriate use
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The forms: Have and has

SAMPLE 1: “This reality is what the people of Makoko community has effortlessly made a lifestyle.” (Children’s Day: Focus… Sunday…

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Few people, little sympathy

SAMPLE 1: “Some have called her a callous mother who sold off her daughter to marital slavery. From the public…

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Concord, comparative adjectives, paving the way

SAMPLE 1: “It is no longer news that herbal drugs are indiscriminately hawked and illegally sold at any point across…

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Drainage, pooling resources

SAMPLE 1: “…I have resolved to step down from the governorship race in Lagos on the platform of our party…

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Of rending, staff

SAMPLE 1: “Shootings rented the air for nearly an hour forcing residents to flee their homes.”(Boko Haram attacks Maiduguri hours…

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In the course of writing…

SAMPLE 1: “In the cause of this story, Sunday Vanguard noticed that many buildings in the area were distressed but…

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Father lies with daughter

SAMPLE 1: “I was sleeping on the bed when I suddenly noticed that someone laid on me. Before I knew…

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Site, Cite, or Sight

SAMPLE 1: “Others said the location of the university, perhaps, makes it possible, explaining that it is sighted close to…

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Live Programme

SAMPLE 1: “…a source said one of his colleagues, an outspoken and respected returning senator-elect from Kano State, on a…

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Giving passengers help!

SAMPLE 1: “Always with the latest mobile phones, he was constantly phoning and texting even whilst he was at home…

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Precedence and other matters (II)

TODAY, we continue the analysis of the only sample considered last week. That excerpt is again retained as Sample 1.…

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Precedence and other matters

Sample 1: “In an open letter signed by the secretary of the forum, Frank Osai, Oshiomale was urged to follow…

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Seizing and basis

Sample 1: “Such politicians were not only shamed, they were given long prison sentences and their ill-gotten wealth ceased by…

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Prepositions revisited

Sample 1: “…the suspect slashed the hand of the victim leading to the cut of one of the arteries resulting…

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Hushed There Their Three Glasses of Water Appropriate use
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Buhari’s fate

Sample 1: “In a press statement, the group described their mission as a means to spread the faith of Buhari’s…

By David Olagunju
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Leaving the camp?

Sample 1: “The video footage showed the level of destruction of military equipment and makeshift shelters, while soldiers were seen…

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Some weeks ago

Sample 1: “Some few weeks ago, I was talking to the father of a teenage boy who was despairing that…

By David Olagunju
Hushed There Their Three Glasses of Water Appropriate use
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Other than…

SAMPLE 1: “Even when there are needs for stringent punishment for offences like drug addiction, stealing, rape and infidelity, the…

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