English for Today by Ganiu Abisoye Bamgbose (GAB)
*Ten Errors Nigerians are addicted to*
1. Send forth (wrong)
Send off (correct)
2. Mineral (wrong)
Soda (correct)
3. Scale through (wrong)
Sail through (correct)
4. Round up _to conclude an activity_ (wrong)
Round off (correct)
5. Lousy _to be talkative_ (wrong).
Noisy (correct).
6. More grease to your elbow (wrong).
More power to your elbow (correct).
7. Gist _to have a casual conversation_ (wrong)
Chit-chat (correct)
8. Dunlop slippers (wrong)
Flip-flop (correct).
9. Clap for him (wrong)
Clap him (right).
10. Contact disease (wrong)
Contract disease (correct).
GAB
Wow. This is great. I’ll need to go through all the contents in the archives