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Not trying to be a jerk but the phrase is "Case in point".
by asavadatti 7y ago
Not trying to be a jerk but the phrase is "Case in point".
- reaperducer 7y agoIt's fine, for all intensive purposes. (This is what happens when a society stops reading books.)
- mrandish 7y agoBy in large, you are correct.
- misterprime 7y agoI really could care less.
- deleted 7y ago[deleted]
- jartelt 7y agoSimilar for "all intensive purposes" vs "all intents and purposes"
- justanotherc 7y agoCommon guys, getting the phrasing right is not rocket appliances.
- econcon 7y agoWrong application becoming popular sometimes results in new phrases.
- jamiek88 7y agohttps://old.reddit.com/r/boneappletea https://old.reddit.com/r/boneappletea
- tialaramex 7y agoTheir right hand side doesn't mention it, so I'm intrigued whether this sub-reddit pre-dates Language Log naming almost this same type of mistake an eggcorn? Specifically an eggcorn involves an erroneous analysis, in the name example a person figures an acorn does look rather like an egg and so maybe that's why the name for it is "eggcorn". Likewise "tow the line" mistakes the metaphor as involving pulling a rope rather than standing against a chalk mark ("toe the line") and "free reign" assumes it's about some analogy to absolute power of kings rather than controlling horses.
- ibeckermayer 7y agoABCDEFGHIJK ELEMENO-PEE
- maxerickson 7y agoGame set in match!
- keithlfrost 7y agohere here! okay, i'm going to reign this in.
- musicale 7y agoYou could of been a contender, but I disagree with your basic tenants. You are so bias. Reading this whole thread is nerve-wracking and puts me through the ringer.
- geneticswag 7y agothis... makes a lot more sense