English for Today by Ganiu Abisoye Bamgbose (Dr GAB)

INTERMENT or INTERNMENT?

His body was given a private ~internment~ (nonstandard).
His body was given a private *interment* (standard).
The interment of a dead person is their burial.

He was threatened with ~interment~ last year (nonstandard).
He was threatened with *internment* last year (standard).
Internment is the practice of putting people in prison for political reasons.
GAB

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