PREPOSITIONS

English for Today by Ganiu Abisoye Bamgbose (Dr GAB)

PREPOSITIONS

There is a need to sensitise students ~on~ the need to be hardworking (nonstandard).
There is a need to sensitise students to the need to be hardworking (standard). If you sensitize people to a particular problem or situation, you make them aware of it.

Her result was a testament ~of~ her diligence (nonstandard).
Her result was a testament to her diligence (standard). If one thing is a testament to another, it shows that the other thing exists or is true.

Many students have phobia ~for~ books, and that is called bibliophobia (nonstandard).
Many students have phobia about books, and that is called bibliophobia (standard).
GAB