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LIMBER LEXICON
<span class="html-content"> <p>Hello everyone!!!</p> <p>Good morning and how are you today? Dealing with the rain? Cold? Drinking a warm cup of tea or coffee? </p> <p>Whatever the case, I really hope the weather is not flogging you like it is flogging we the AA's 🌚🌚🌚</p> <p>But enough of the weather, let's talk lexicon!!!</p> <p>Don't be tired of me yetπŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚</p> <p>I am just trying to help your life and writing</p> <p>Believe me, you will thank me later</p> <p>Okay, let's dive in!!</p><p>1. BEHIND YOUR BACK/LAGGING BEHIND</p> <p>You know, this particular one always takes me out anytime I hear someone say it or catch it in a write-up. Like, are you not aware that being behind already encapsulates what you are saying? </p> <p>If you said "I'm behind you", or "you're lagging", or "you're behind schedule", will you die?</p> <p>What exactly is "I'm behind your back"? Does the back now have a front? If it does, please enlighten me because it seems I still have a lot to learn.</p> <p>I know even the best of us still use "lagging behind" but correct yourself today πŸ˜’</p><p>2. BORN AND BREAD</p> <p>Do I even need to point out what is obvious? Clearly the person thinks of bread on a daily, so it is no surprise this has to flow from his or her pen. </p> <p>Maybe if the person wrote the right thing, bread will finish in the world 🀷; you never know when you would need that beautiful Shoprite loaf satisfying your hunger.</p> <p>For all intents and purposes, when you, who are not bread addicts write, please phrase it as "I was born and bread in Port Harcourt" or wherever suits you.</p><p>3. BEEN AND BEING</p> <p>See, even me that is teaching you made this error yesterday but don't crucify me yetπŸŒšπŸ˜’ I was tired and I did not see it. </p> <p>I'm sure someone is bracing him or herself to send shots but my English gods are fighting for me😴😴😴</p> <p>Now, when we use "been", we are normally referencing a past event or something already in existence. For example: </p> <ul> <li>Nigeria has been the poverty capital of the world since 2018</li> <li>I have been in love with you since I could remember</li> </ul> <p>For "being", there is always a recurring theme or it is based on a continuous action.</p> <p>E.g: *Thank you for being here for me</p> <p>*I want to congratulate you for being the best student in the country"</p> <p>*We are being tortured by the actions of our forefathers.</p> <p>Do you see the difference? I know right!!</p> <p>Learn a thing or two today</p><p>4. MY CLICK</p> <p>This is a really interesting one because it seems people just write it without caring, because I have seen it repeatedly, even from people I would not expect (I judge myself harshly so I hold others in high esteem when it comes to this)</p> <p>Anyway, let us learn today that "click" entails an action, most especially with computers, while "CLIQUE" is a group of people, normally friends or teammates. </p> <p>Yes , I capitalized it so you can't say you did not see it😎😎</p><p>5. USING "RIGHT" INSTEAD OF "WRITE" OR "TAUGHT", INSTEAD OF "THOUGHT"</p> <p>I believe this is self-explanatory but for those who will still fall by the wayside, here is a quick lesson.</p> <p>You "write" on a piece of paper or blog the "right" way not the way you have always "thought" but the way you have just been "taught". </p> <p>Kapish?</p> <p>Alright, we have come to the end of today's class</p> <p>I hope you picked up a thing or two?</p> <p>Clap for yourselves!!!!</p> <p>Okay, which mistake do you usually make, tell me in the comments?</p> </span>
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