Tuesday, 12 April 2016

Most writers and speakers commit this blunder, too often!

 Tuesday, April 12, 2016

 "The man was shot on the leg because he refused to cooperate with a policeman who demanded for bribe." That is what I just read, and what do you see wrong about that? Two major blunders, of course!
 1. You don't shoot "on" the leg; rather, you shoot IN....
 2. You don't "demand for", you simply "demand". Then, the expression should have been: "The man was shot IN the leg because he refused to cooperate with a policeman who demanded bribe."
 Kindly note!

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