eggcorn?

[Arnold M. Zwicky]

On Jun 17, 2005, at 8:40 PM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:

> I've heard this so often it no longer registers.  Google provides
> about 200 exx.
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> JL
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> sagehen <sagehen at WESTELCOM.COM> wrote:
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> On NPR this evening, reporting on a guilty verdict just returned,
> several
> references to "pre-emptory challenges" exercised in the jury
> selection.
> A. Murie

now added to the eggcorn database, with credit to Murie (and a quote
from Paul Brians):
   http://eggcorns.lascribe.net/english/385/pre-emptory-preemptory/

arnold