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Commonly Misheard Expressions to Avoid in Your Writing
- auxbuss 16y agotoe the line, not tow the line
- auxbuss 16y agoredress the balance, not readdress the balance
- auxbuss 16y agocouldn't care less, not could care less I've no idea how these get mixed up.
- RiderOfGiraffes 16y agoFrom switch007 via http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1443308 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1443308 David Mitchell does an excellent job of explaining "I couldn't care less" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=om7O0MFkmpw#t=0m56s http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=om7O0MFkmpw#t=0m56s
- shabble 16y agoAs does John Cleese: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCUsPnKD1gk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCUsPnKD1gk It's a common annoyance :-)
- bobds 16y agoI find this type of "phonetic" typos interesting. It feels weird when I make one, although it's usually on independent words instead of parts of a phrase. I make typos like no-know, here-hear, that kind of stuff. Are there any related studies on the subject?
- shabble 16y agohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mondegreen http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mondegreen might be a good place to start
- bobds 16y agoI also found http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malapropism http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malapropism which is somewhat related. Not exactly what I was looking for though.
- praptak 16y agoPrinciples, not principals. Unless you really mean headmasters not the fundamental rules or beliefs:)