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RE: What's a 'Malapropism'? With examples

in #writing8 years ago (edited)

Also, "mute point" (for moot point)
Supposively

Seen on a top-of-trending steem post:

"prepper blogs used to teach you how to start a fire with potassium pomegranate" (instead of permaganate)

re: another think/thing... ive heard it both ways ,and i think its commonly accepted both ways, though the way youre not used to sounds silly.

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just saw another one in an email thats always been one of my pet peeves.

"udderly" for "utterly"

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I gloss over those articles these days. At one time, I would think about correcting the writer's errors, but who's got time for that?