Sunday, 11 October 2020

Common errors in English: usage of Leave To/From.

Leave ( = to go away)

When we leave a place to go to another place, we use ‘for’ before the goal.

Incorrect: We are now leaving to the party. 

Correct : We are now leaving for the party.

Note: We take leave of someone to say goodbye to them. 
In that case:

Incorrect: We took leave from him. 

Correct : We took leave of him.