𝟭𝟰 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝗠𝗶𝘀𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗦𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗔𝘃𝗼𝗶𝗱 𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗪𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴

  

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There are many English expressions we use during our day-to-day conversation through speaking or writing that are grammatically wrong.

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Although we've been believing it to be right all day long, the fact remains that they are wrong. A few has been discovered.

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𝟭. 𝗥𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗢𝗻, 𝗦𝗶𝗿 (𝗡𝗼𝘁 𝗥𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗢𝗻, 𝗦𝗶𝗿)

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Right On is used to show approval or support. However, Ride On means depending on something to attain success.

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𝘌.𝘨. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘶𝘳𝘤𝘩 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘥, "𝘙𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘰𝘯, 𝘴𝘪𝘳!"

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𝟮. 𝗢𝗳𝗳𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗱 (𝗡𝗼𝘁 𝗢𝗳𝗳𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗼𝗿 𝗢𝗳𝗳𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘁)

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Offhand means to do something without premeditation or previous thoughts. 

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𝘌.𝘨. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘨 𝘨𝘪𝘳𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘦𝘮 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥.

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𝟯. 𝗪𝗮𝗹𝗸𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲 (𝗡𝗼𝘁 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲)

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Walks of Life is used to refer to people who have many different jobs or positions in society.

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𝘌.𝘨. ​ 𝘓𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦.

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𝟰. 𝗔 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝗧𝗼 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗶𝘀𝗲 𝗜𝘀 𝗘𝗻𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 (𝗡𝗼𝘁, 𝗔 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝗜𝘀 𝗘𝗻𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗙𝗼𝗿 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗶𝘀𝗲).

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This means a wise person heeds to a warning or a piece of advice, even if it is very brief.

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𝘌.𝘨. 𝘋𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘨𝘰 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘢𝘵 𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵. 𝘈 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩!

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𝟱. 𝗚𝗼-𝗴𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 (𝗡𝗼𝘁 𝗚𝗼𝗮𝗹 𝗚𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿)

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A go-getter is someone passionate and ready to commit himself to achieving success despite all odds.

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𝘌.𝘨. 𝘈𝘥𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘨𝘰-𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳. 𝘏𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘭 𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘩𝘺.

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𝟲. 𝗙𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝗪𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝗲 (𝗡𝗼𝘁 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝗙𝗼𝗿 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝗲)

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To fight fire with fire means to respond to an attack by using the same tactic or method as the attacker in order to win.

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𝘌.𝘨. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘦.

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𝟳. 𝗥𝘂𝗻𝗻𝘆 𝗻𝗼𝘀𝗲 (𝗡𝗼𝘁 𝗥𝘂𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗡𝗼𝘀𝗲)

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A runny nose is caused by excess mucus discharge in your nasal passages. 

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𝘌.𝘨. 𝘐'𝘮 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘳𝘶𝘯𝘯𝘺 𝘯𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘥𝘶𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳.

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𝟴. 𝗜𝗻 𝗖𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗡𝗲𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘆 (𝗡𝗼𝘁 𝗜𝗻 𝗖𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗜𝗻𝗰𝗮𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘆)

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This could also mean if required; when found appropriate; where necessary; if applicable; as occasion shall require; as the need arises; in case of need.

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𝘌.𝘨. 𝘐𝘯 𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘺, 𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 #50,000 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘰𝘧 #30,000. 

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𝟵. 𝗥𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗕𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻 (𝗡𝗼𝘁 𝗖𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗕𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻)

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Racking your brain means thinking very hard or making an extra effort to remember something.

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𝘌.𝘨. 𝘐 𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘺 𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘐 𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴.

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𝟭𝟬. 𝗕𝘂𝗰𝗸𝗹𝗲 𝗗𝗼𝘄𝗻 (𝗡𝗼𝘁 𝗕𝘂𝗰𝗸𝗹𝗲 𝗨𝗽)

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Buckle Down means to tackle a difficult task with determination. Buckle Up, on the other hand, means to fasten your belt.

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𝘌.𝘨. 𝘠𝘰𝘶'𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘶𝘤𝘬𝘭𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘪𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘶𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘕𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘗𝘳𝘰 𝘞𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘔𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱.

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𝟭𝟭. 𝗕𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗹 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗹 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗱𝗼𝗻’𝘁 (𝗻𝗼𝘁, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗹 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗶𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗹 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗱𝗼𝗻’𝘁 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄).

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𝟭𝟮. 𝗔𝘁 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 (𝗡𝗼𝘁 𝗔𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻)

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Juncture means a particular point in an event or time. Whereas Junction means a point where two things are joined together. 

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𝘌.𝘨. 𝘞𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘥𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘺 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘫𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦. 𝘐𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺.

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𝟭𝟯. 𝗟𝗮𝗴𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗕𝗲𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗱 (𝗡𝗼𝘁 𝗟𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗕𝗲𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗱)

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Lagging Behind means failing to maintain the pace or progress of someone or something.

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𝘌.𝘨. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘭𝘢𝘨𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘦𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘵𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦.

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𝟭𝟰. 𝗟𝗼𝘂𝘁 (𝗡𝗼𝘁 𝗮 𝗧𝗼𝘂𝘁)

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A Lout is a young man who behaves in a very rude, offensive, and sometimes violent way.

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 Whereas, Tout advertises, talks about, or praises something or someone repeatedly, especially as a way of encouraging people to like, accept, ​ or buy it.

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𝘌.𝘨. 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘛𝘢𝘺𝘰 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘶𝘵.

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PS: Although not all these expressions are wrong, the context in which they are used most times makes them wrong. Hence, the reason we used examples to explain each of them.

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(YAM Blog Team)