Incorrect omission of prepositions

Dispose/get rid of a thing, not dispose/get rid a thing.

Don’t say: He’ll dispose/get rid all his property.

ü  Say: He’ll dispose/get rid of all his property.

Incorrect omission of prepositions

Ask for a thing, not ask a thing.

Don’t say: She came and asked my book.

ü  Say: She came and asked for my book.

Un-English Expressions

What’s the matter, not What have you?

Don’t say: What have you today?

ü  Say: What’s the matter with you today?

Un-English Expressions

This morning, etc., not today morning, etc.

Don’t say: I haven’t seen him today morning.

ü  Say: I haven’t seen him this morning.

Note: Avoid today morning, today afternoon, today evening, yesterday night, this night. Say: this morning, this evening, last night, tonight

Un-English Expressions

It works miracles, not it makes miracles.

Don’t say: That medicine makes miracles.

ü  Say: That medicine works miracles.

Un-English Expressions

Learn by heart, not learn from heart.

Don’t say: We have a poem to learn from heart.

      Say: We have a poem to learn by heart.

Un-English Expressions

Show a film, not play a film.

Don’t say: This film will be played shortly.

ü  Say: This film will be shown shortly.