Some social grammar mistakes

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Wrong: “Please SWITCH your mobile phone to silent mode.”
Right: “Please PUT your mobile phone on silent mode.”

Wrong: “Children, please OFF the lights when you leave the room.”
Right: ” … Please SWITCH OFF the lights …”

Wrong: “I will APPRECIATE if you can keep your voice down.”
Right: “I will APPRECIATE IT if you can keep your voice down.” or “I will appreciate your keeping your voice down.”
(EXPLANATION: The word “appreciate” must be followed by an object.)

Wrong: “He is late. MUST BE he overslept or missed the bus.”
Right: “… IT MUST BE THAT he overslept or missed the bus.” or “… He MUST HAVE overslept or missed the bus.”

Wrong: “LAST TIME we lived in a kampong house.”
Right: “PREVIOUSLY, we lived in a kampong house.” or “We USED TO live in a kampong house.”

Wrong: “It may rain this afternoon. You GOT bring umbrella OR NOT?”
Right: ” … DID YOU bring an umbrella!”

Wrong: “From the way he speaks, I would consider him AS a snob.”
Right: Drop the word “AS”.

Wrong: “You BETTER apologise to him as he is really mad.”
Right: “IT WILL BE GOOD if you apologise…”

Wrong: “Sorry, I am really busy with workRight now. Can we discuss tomorrow?”
Right: ” … Can we discuss IT tomorrow?”

Wrong: “You ONLY JUST found out about the sale? Today is the last day.”
Right: “You found out ONLY NOW about the sale? …”

Wrong: “I used to love durians, but NOT SO MUCH nowadays.”
Right: ” … but LESS SO nowadays,

Wrong: ” The Japanese numbers game sudoku is very popular among the staff of my office. MYSELF, I took it up a year ago.”
COMMENT: Drop “myself”.

Wrong: “No idea.”
Right: “I don’t know.”