English for Today by Ganiu Abisoye Bamgbose (Dr GAB)
GUIDE or GUARD?
The material will ~guard~ you through the various processes (nonstandard).
The material will *guide* you through the various processes (standard).
To guide is to show someone the way to a place or to direct their behaviour or activities.
You have to ~guide~ against such action in the future (nonstandard).
You have to *guard* against such action in the future (standard).
If you guard a place, person, or object, you stand near them in order to watch and protect them.
Use the appropriate forms of “guide” and “guard” in the sentences below
1. I saw the heavily ___ courtroom.
2. He is being __ by a platoon of police.
3. Two policemen were keeping __ outside the auditorium.
4. He __ us through the forest.
5. There will be __ walks around the site.
GAB
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