Language and Style

Language and Style
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Defeat

Refer, Revere, Win, Defeat

SAMPLE 1: “The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye…

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Borrow

Borrow, Lend, Other, Order

SAMPLE 1: “As soon as former governor of…

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Difference

Proof, Prove… (ii)

CONTINUED FROM LAST WEEK Again, the difference between…

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cause

Course, Cause, Curse

Sample 1: “However, during the cause of the…

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Awash

Awash, Perpetrate, Perpetuate

SAMPLE 1: “For some weeks now, the media…

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Particles

Proper Use of Particles Again

SAMPLE 1: “…He was quoted telling his supporters…

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personnel

Personnel, Sometimes, Sometime

Sample 1: “Nigerian military personnel, Ruth Ogunleye, has…

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Live

Don’t Live for Yourself

Sample 1: “If you don’t live for yourself,…

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Order

Other, Order, Where, Were

SAMPLE 1: “In other to cushion the effects…

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Assume

Assume, Resume, Sometimes, Sometime

SAMPLE 1: “The acting Governor of the Central…

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leave

Don’t Live for Yourself

Sample 1: “If you don’t live for yourself,…

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clause

Did Not Understand

SAMPLE 1: “Maybe her friends didn’t really understood…

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Belief

Proof, Prove, Belief, Believe, etc

SAMPLE 1: “With this action taken by the…

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grammatical problem

Will Lie Low

SAMPLE 1: “Benue State youths trooped out on…

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Lagos

Only Ones Living in Lagos

Sample 1: “… a country where all will…

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Cite

Again: Sight, Cite, Site

Sample 1: “Actress Georgina also sighted a 2018…

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Fair

Fair, Fare, Fear

Sample 1: “The YWC leader also urged the…

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Lying

Referred, Revered, Lying

Sample 1: “Let anybody that has done that…

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Hushed There Their Three Glasses of Water Appropriate use
Appropriate use

Appropriate use of particles re-visited II

Take the word piecemeal for example. Instead of…

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Hushed There Their Three Glasses of Water Appropriate use
Appropriate use

Appropriate use of particles re-visited

Sample 1: “The niqab question came to limelight…

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