Eggcorn: "gambit" for gamut

[Benjamin Zimmer]

On 5/31/07, sagehen <sagehen at westelcom.com> wrote:
>
> Probably already on file: "gambit" for gamut.
> On our local public radio news program, someone being interviewed
> concerning the upcoming trail maintenance day in the Adirondacks, said,
> when asked about the number of different kinds of jobs involved, said,
> "Oh, they'll probably run the whole gambit."

Yes, it's "on file" -- on the easily browsable and searchable Eggcorn Database:

http://eggcorns.lascribe.net/english/174/gambit/


--Ben Zimmer

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