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