More on "calvary"

[Arnold M. Zwicky]

On Apr 24, 2007, at 11:12 AM, James Smith wrote:

> I have caught myself a time or two saying "cavalry"
> when I meant to say "calvary".

i believe that the opposite substitution is by far more common, and
the advice books seem to agree with me.  but CALVARY >> CAVALRY also
occurs, no doubt facilitated by the fact that for most of us CAVALRY
is the more frequent of the two words.

arnold

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