Proof, Prove… (ii)
CONTINUED FROM LAST WEEK Again, the difference between the forms safe and save is similar to that between relief and…
Course, Cause, Curse
Sample 1: “However, during the cause of the tally, the security operatives apprehended some traditionalists…” (They said I have been…
Awash, Perpetrate, Perpetuate
SAMPLE 1: “For some weeks now, the media space has been awashed with the issue of unregulated mining in OAU…”(Why…
Proper Use of Particles Again
SAMPLE 1: “…He was quoted telling his supporters and loyalists not to wait for government’s intervention before taking steps to…
Personnel, Sometimes, Sometime
Sample 1: “Nigerian military personnel, Ruth Ogunleye, has levelled serious allegations against her superiors, including Col. IB Abdulkareem, Col. GS…
Don’t Live for Yourself
Sample 1: “If you don’t live for yourself, leave for your loved ones.” (See why Port Harcourt single mother commits…
Other, Order, Where, Were
SAMPLE 1: “In other to cushion the effects of cost of living crisis on its workers, the Lagos State Governor,…
Assume, Resume, Sometimes, Sometime
SAMPLE 1: “The acting Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Dr Olayemi Cardoso, on Friday formally resumed duties…
Don’t Live for Yourself
Sample 1: “If you don’t live for yourself, leave for your loved ones.” (See why Port Harcourt single mother commits…
Did Not Understand
SAMPLE 1: “Maybe her friends didn’t really understood how she felt…” (See why Port Harcourt single mother commits suicide…Opera News,…
Proof, Prove, Belief, Believe, etc
SAMPLE 1: “With this action taken by the Nigerian youths, it therefore proofs that they are ready to go extra…
Will Lie Low
SAMPLE 1: “Benue State youths trooped out on Friday (today), demanding to see President Muhammadu Buhari and Governor Samuel Ortom…
Only Ones Living in Lagos
Sample 1: “… a country where all will be free to leave wherever they choose to leave but must know…
Again: Sight, Cite, Site
Sample 1: “Actress Georgina also sighted a 2018 tweet made by popular pastor, Beeky Eneche, where she condemned divorce.” (Actress…
Fair, Fare, Fear
Sample 1: “The YWC leader also urged the Yorubas home and abroad to take ownership of the Tinubu project assuming…
Referred, Revered, Lying
Sample 1: “Let anybody that has done that come out. I am not talking of our referred fathers. I accept…
Appropriate use of particles re-visited II
Take the word piecemeal for example. Instead of saying, “The money was withdrawn piecemeal,” fellow Nigerians would say, “The money…
Appropriate use of particles re-visited
Sample 1: “The niqab question came to limelight after Muslims rose against the action of a security official, who denied…
Stuck, Rent, Slain, Wrought, Struck (ii)
It is important to note that the past tense of rend is not rented but rent; the past participle is…
Stuck, Rent, Slain, Wrought, Struck
Sample 1: “She stated that she got stucked on movie set, hence the reason for her absence.” (Laide Bakare apologizes…
