20 Phrases You Probably Spell Wrong

Published 9 years ago

My grammar pet peeve? People mixing up “hoard” and “horde”. Elite Daily’s Kaylin Pound even made a list of mispronounced phrases! The most obvious point on the list is “irregardless”: if you haven’t learned that it’s not a word, not even after an American Dad episode mentioning it, you should do it now. Same goes for “I could care less”, which is saying that you haven’t reached your minimal care levels. And I couldn’t care less about your excuses.

I’ll admit that I might have said “statue of limitations” once or twice, and I must have written “free reign” a few times in my long years as a respectable dark fantasy writer. ’tis a crying shame, but, thanks to this post, I shall do it nevermore!

(h/t: elitedaily)

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I Couldn’t Care Less

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Tongue-In-Cheek

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It’s A Dog-Eat-Dog World

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Regardless

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Don’t Take It For Granted

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One And The Same

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Wreak Havoc

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Nip It In The Bud

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Moot Point

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Statute Of Limitations

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For All Intents And Purposes

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Scot-Free

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Hunger Pangs

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Beck And Call

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Giving Leeway

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Fall By The Wayside

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Scapegoat

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Exact Revenge

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On Tenterhooks

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Give Someone Free Rein

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Martynas Klimas

Writes like a mad dervish, rolls to dodge responsibility, might have bitten the Moon once.

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