Re: Re: eggcorn of the day

[RonButters at AOL.COM]

In a message dated 5/7/05 12:13:51 PM, zwicky at CSLI.STANFORD.EDU writes:


> On May 5, 2005, at 5:23 PM, Larry Horn wrote:
> 
> > With Floyd batting .391, the Mets have been able to make due with
> > Mike Piazza batting .198.
> >
> > --Lee Jenkins, "Mets on Edge Show Precision When It Matters", NYT,
> > 5/5/05, D3
> >
> > (I don't find "make due" in the database @ http://
> > eggcorns.lascribe.net/)
> 
> not in the database yet, because i haven't gotten around to entering
> it.  but i guess now's the time.
> 
> i already had a cite from the Palo Alto Daily News of  12/15/04, one
> offered by Mark Mandel on this very newsgroup on 1/29/05, and a
> selection from the thousands of examples that Google provides.
> 
> arnold, awash in a sea of eggcorns, ordinary malaprops, morphological
> reshapings, misspellings, etc.
> 
> 

shouldn't this be "make dew"?