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re: Words/phrases that people commonly screw up

Posted on 1/7/25 at 3:06 pm to
Posted by Tomatocantender
Boot
Member since Jun 2021
5597 posts
Posted on 1/7/25 at 3:06 pm to
quote:

Myself


Posted by Jake88
Member since Apr 2005
79838 posts
Posted on 1/7/25 at 3:06 pm to
All of a sudden, not all of the sudden.
Posted by Havoc
Member since Nov 2015
39191 posts
Posted on 1/7/25 at 3:17 pm to
TEAM CHOMP 4lyfe
Posted by Great Plains Drifter
Flyover, U.S.A.
Member since Jul 2019
9811 posts
Posted on 1/7/25 at 3:25 pm to
Marshall Law
Posted by NorthEndZone
Member since Dec 2008
14258 posts
Posted on 1/7/25 at 3:27 pm to
Did anyone mention

Hose pipe
Posted by OWLFAN86
Erotic Novelist
Member since Jun 2004
196389 posts
Posted on 1/7/25 at 3:28 pm to
straight admins
Posted by SouthEndzoneTiger
Louisiana
Member since Mar 2008
11597 posts
Posted on 1/7/25 at 3:37 pm to
Lose and loose
To and too
Their, there, and they're
Posted by OlGrandad
Member since Oct 2009
4539 posts
Posted on 1/7/25 at 3:38 pm to
Your an angel, for you're



Posted by CHGAR
Haile, LA
Member since Aug 2022
1256 posts
Posted on 1/7/25 at 3:46 pm to
I will sale you "X".

I have "X" for sell.
Posted by Fiddler crab
South in winter North in summer
Member since Jul 2024
155 posts
Posted on 1/7/25 at 3:48 pm to
On accident
Used of it
Posted by ISEN_AG
ThunderWolf Manor
Member since Aug 2013
2359 posts
Posted on 1/7/25 at 3:49 pm to
Defiantly instead of definitely.
Posted by WAR TIGER
Death Valley
Member since Oct 2005
4286 posts
Posted on 1/7/25 at 3:52 pm to
Rotator Cuff is not a Rotary Cup
Posted by HoopyD
Member since Nov 2004
3460 posts
Posted on 1/7/25 at 3:55 pm to
"I could care less"

Posted by UptownJoeBrown
Baton Rouge
Member since Jul 2024
9747 posts
Posted on 1/7/25 at 3:57 pm to
Squash instead of quash. I don’t correct people anymore but I do laugh to myself.
Posted by BayouBlitz
Member since Aug 2007
18126 posts
Posted on 1/7/25 at 4:00 pm to
I used to know a cop who would say

"Long short story."

Yes, he was an idiot. Still is im sure.
Posted by johnqpublic
Right here
Member since Oct 2017
841 posts
Posted on 1/7/25 at 4:02 pm to
According to this," champing" was more commonly used until about the late 1990s.

The Grammarist
Posted by jvargas
Member since Feb 2019
1040 posts
Posted on 1/7/25 at 4:03 pm to
quote:

It's almost hard to believe how many times I've seen people here use "loose" when they mean "lose".


I'm sorry for your lost.
Posted by Supermoto Tiger
Baton Rouge
Member since Dec 2010
10713 posts
Posted on 1/7/25 at 4:05 pm to
Gulf of Mexico instead of Gulf of AMERICA
Posted by jizzle6609
Houston
Member since Jul 2009
19975 posts
Posted on 1/7/25 at 4:06 pm to
Gross Income
Net Income

Semantics

Straw man argument

Advise versus advice

affect and effect
Posted by johnqpublic
Right here
Member since Oct 2017
841 posts
Posted on 1/7/25 at 4:08 pm to
jibe/jive - when things don't agree, it isn't they "don't jive", it's they "don't jibe".

Jibe: To be in accord; agree.
Jive: jazz or swing music; Deceptive, nonsensical, or glib talk.


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