Tag: eggcorns
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Tall Oaks From Tiny Eggcorns
Do you use eggcorns in your speech and writing? Don’t answer too quickly! Most of us do use eggcorns, at least occasionally. But by their nature, they’re something we do without being aware of it. Although eggcorns are common, the word isn’t. Not yet, anyway. An eggcorn is an expression in which we unknowinglyreplace one…