Eggcorn?

[Laurence Horn]

>On Feb 28, 2006, at 2:00 PM, Wilson Gray wrote:
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>>>>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.)
>
ah yes, but consider "holistic"/"wholistic"

L

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