Eggcorn?

Laurence Horn laurence.horn at YALE.EDU
Wed Feb 8 16:34:10 UTC 2006


via Wilson:
>  >From SlashDot:
>
>"For all intensive purposes, I could care less."
>
Yes, a classic eggcorn.  I just read an application to a doctoral
program from a native speaker who referred to being abroad and
meeting "a fellow ex-patriot".

Larry

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