English for Today by Ganiu Abisoye Bamgbose (Dr GAB)
COMMON ERRORS IN ENGLISH
You have to stay clear of drugs (nonstandard).
You have to steer clear of drugs (standard). To avoid someone or something that seems unpleasant, dangerous, or likely to cause problems is to STEER CLEAR.
May your dreams come through (nonstandard).
May your dreams come true (standard). When something you have wanted very much for a long time eventually happens, you say it’s DREAM COME TRUE.
She contacted the disease (nonstandard).
She contracted the disease (standard). To catch or acquire an illness through the exposure to a contagious pathogen is to CONTRACT A DISEASE.
GAB
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