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<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 yet😂😂😂</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 😒</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 yet🌚😒 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>
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<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>
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<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>
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LIMBER LEXICON
By
Queensley Okon