"... takes a lightly different _tact_." [NT]

Arnold Zwicky zwicky at STANFORD.EDU
Fri Apr 2 03:31:43 UTC 2010


On Apr 1, 2010, at 7:51 PM, Wilson Gray wrote:

>  "... takes a lightly different _tact_."

one of the oldest entries in the ecdb:
   http://eggcorns.lascribe.net/english/76/tact/
and very frequently found in "take a different tact".

arnold

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