Wrong use of the with names of diseases.

❌Don’t say: The cholera is a dreadful disease.

✔️Say: Cholera is a dreadful disease.

Wrong use of the with names of games.

❌Don’t say: My favourite game is the football.

✔️Say: My favourite game is football.

Wrong use of the with the names of the senses.

❌Don’t say: The sight is one of the five senses.

✔️Say: Sight is one of the five senses.

Finish (= come to the end of).

❌Don’t say: I’ve finished from my work.

✔️Say: I’ve finished my work.

Leave (= depart from).

❌Don’t say: Brian left from England last week.

✔️Say: Brian left England last week.

Obey (= act according to).

❌Don’t say: We should obey to our teachers.

✔️Say: We should obey our teachers.

Allow (to) or let (= give permission to).

❌Don’t say: The driver allowed/let to John (to) sit in the
front seat.

✔️Say: The driver allowed/let John (to) sit in the front
seat.

Behind (= at the back of).

❌Don’t say: Edward hid behind of a large tree.

✔️Say: Edward hid behind a large tree.

Tell (= say to).

❌Don’t say: I told to him to come at once.

✔️Say: I told him to come at once.

Inside (= in the interior of).

❌Don’t say: The boys went inside of the room.

✔️Say: The boys went inside the room.

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