English for Today by Ganiu Abisoye Bamgbose (Dr GAB)
VERBS WITHOUT PREPOSITIONS
I felicitate with you on your professorial chair (nonstandard).
I felicitate you on your professorial chair (standard).
He reverted back to his native language (nonstandard).
He reverted to his native language (standard).
It comprises of a number of intelligentsia (nonstandard).
It comprises a number of intelligentsia (standard).
It consists of a number of intelligentsia (standard).
It was comprised of a number of intelligentsia (standard).
GAB
