evidence for an eggcorn: "far gone conclusion"

Laurence Horn laurence.horn at YALE.EDU
Thu Oct 1 15:17:34 UTC 2009


Heard on a sports talk show on WFAN, re whether Joba Chamberlain will
be on the Yankees' roster for their first post-season series:

"It's not a far gone conclusion"

Raw google hits--

"foregone conclusion":   904,000
"far gone conclusion":    209,000

It's in Chris's database
(http://eggcorns.lascribe.net/english/506/far-gone/), but it's the
first time I ever remember hearing it in the wild.   I'm surprised
the competition is so close, but then "foregone" is pretty opaque.

LH

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