Common Mistakes :  Blind

adjective

.BAD: Some people become blind with the disease

.GOOD: Some people go blind with the disease

(go blind (not become

.When I couldn’t see anything, I thought I’d gone blind

.BAD: Usually he just keeps a blind eye and lets them carry on

.GOOD: Usually he just turns a blind eye and lets them carry on

turn a blind eye (to sth ) = pretend not to notice something

.The government prefers to turn a blind eye to these activities