English for Today by Ganiu Abisoye Bamgbose (Dr GAB)

On Verbs and Prepositions

She ~stared at~ me in the eye and told me to leave (nonstandard).
She stared me in the eye and told me to leave (standard). Note that you can stare at someone but when used in the idiom above, the preposition is omitted.

Let us ~leverage on~ our network of partners to gain a market advantage (nonstandard).
Let us leverage our network of partners to gain a market advantage (standard). To use something that you already have in order to achieve something new or better is to leverage.
GAB

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