[Ads-l] Murphy's Law

[Baker, John]

“Left in right” just looks like an ordinary typo to me, possibly resulting from a software speech recognition error.  I would also question whether some of the other examples, particularly “neck in neck,” are really eggcorns.


John Baker



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It goes along with eggcorns like "part in parcel," "by in large," "neck in
neck," "day in age," "front in center," and "one in the same."

https://eggcorns.lascribe.net/category/english/and-«»-inen/<https://eggcorns.lascribe.net/category/english/and-«»-inen>

On Sun, Jun 7, 2020 at 11:00 AM Nancy Friedman <wordworking at gmail.com<mailto:wordworking at gmail.com>>
wrote:

> "Left in right" is what caught this former newspaper copyeditor's eye.
>
> On Sun, Jun 7, 2020, 5:07 AM James A. Landau <jjjrlandau at gmail.com<mailto:jjjrlandau at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> > http://www.shorenewsnetwork.com/2020/06/06/roberts-place-margate/<http://www.shorenewsnetwork.com/2020/06/06/roberts-place-margate>
> >
> > (Murphy is the Governor of New Jersey)
> >
> > "As absurd as it sounds, protesters, looters and rioters are violating
> > Murphy’s Law left in right in New Jersey, but now Attorney General Gurbir
> > Grewal is cracking down on Robert’s Place in Margate. "
> >
>

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