English for Today by Ganiu Abisoye Bamgbose (Dr GAB)
VERB THAT ATTRACT PREPOSITIONS
We need to ~dispose~ all of these things before tomorrow (nonstandard).
We need to dispose of all of these things before tomorrow (standard). To get rid of by throwing away or giving or selling to someone else is to dispose of.
I deliberately didn’t ~reply~ his last remark (nonstandard).
I deliberately didn’t reply to his last remark (standard).
We ~arrived~ Lagos later that day (nonstandard).
We arrived in Lagos later that day (standard).
I don’t like the way she ~knocks~ my door (nonstandard).
I don’t like the way she knocks on my door (standard).
GAB
