Grammar Point Institute

COMMON ENGLISH ERROR

You need to exercise patience and give him a little time.❌
You need to be patient and give him a little time.☑️

The food is pepperish.❌
The food is peppery.☑️Pepperish does not exist in English.

You have to put yourself together,go out there and talk to them ❌
You have to pull yourself together,go out there and talk to them ☑️

He came from a very good family but his own behavior is more of that of a tout❌

He came from a very good family but his own behavior is more of that of a lout☑️
Tout means advertise, publicize,boast ,brag,flaunt or to promote by means of advertising
Lout means troublemaker, miscreant,someone that is rude or simply hooligan.

You can confirm the meaning of tout and lout in the dictionary.

Your online English instructor, SirAccurate Ojoh Ngbede

1a. Who is that man ON suit? ❌

1b. Who is that man IN suit? ✔️

2a. I love the lady ON red. ❌

2b. I love the lady IN red. ✔️

3a. I love jazz, rock, and THE LIKES. ❌

3b. I love jazz, rock, and THE LIKE (similar types of music) ✔️

AND THE LIKE. ✔️

4. Our politicians should take note: we don't commission a completed project; rather, we INAUGURATE a completed project.

A. Buhari was in Lagos to COMMISSION the new train station. ❌

B. Buhari was in Lagos to INAUGURATE the new train station. ✔️

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