Eggcorn?

Thu Mar 2 20:58:02 UTC 2006

On Feb 28, 2006, at 2:00 PM, Wilson Gray wrote:

>> From ZDNet:
>
> "You don't have to be an expert to see the _wholes_ in that logic!"

i don't see how this improves the semantics of the expression in any
way.  just a misspelling?

(Brians's Common Errors has an entry for hole/whole, which notes that
they have almost opposite meanings.)

arnold

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