English for Today by Ganiu Abisoye Bamgbose (Dr GAB)

COMMON ERRORS

~An idle man is the devil’s workshop~ (nonstandard).
The devil makes/finds work for idle hands (standard).

Meet me at the ~playing ground~ (nonstandard).
Meet me at the playground (standard).
Meet me at the at the playing field (standard).

He plays ~truancy~ regularly (nonstandard).
He plays truant (standard).
GAB

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