English for Today by Ganiu Abisoye Bamgbose (Dr GAB)
TEN WORDS NIGERIANS DON’T USE APPROPRATELY
1. Beverage is everything one can drink aside water (not just cocoa-based drinks).
2. A lousy person is mainly a bad person (not, a talkative person).
3. A dupe is a victim of deception (not, the person who deceives).
4. To be lanky is to be ungraciously thin (not, to be robust).
5. To be committed to what one does is to buckle down (not, buckle up).
6. To buckle up is to fasten one’s belt in a vehicle.
7. To be bogus is to be unreal (not to be big).
8. To commission a project is mainly to authorise a person or group to carry out a task (not, to put a project to use).
9. To be colleagues is mainly to be co-workers (not, to be students).
10. Gist is the general message of a speech or writing (not, a chit-chat).
GAB
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