Re: Re: eggcorn of the day

[Arnold M. Zwicky]

On May 7, 2005, at 10:10 AM, RonButters at AOL.COM wrote:

> In a message dated 5/7/05 12:13:51 PM, zwicky at CSLI.STANFORD.EDU
> writes:
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>> On May 5, 2005, at 5:23 PM, Larry Horn wrote:
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>>> 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/)
>>>
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>> not in the database yet, because i haven't gotten around to entering
>> it.  but i guess now's the time.
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>> 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.
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> shouldn't this be "make dew"?

oh lord, there are some actual cites for this.

arnold