evidence for an eggcorn: "far gone conclusion"
Laurence Horn
laurence.horn at YALE.EDU
Thu Oct 1 15:17:34 UTC 2009
Heard on a sports talk show on WFAN, re whether Joba Chamberlain will
be on the Yankees' roster for their first post-season series:
"It's not a far gone conclusion"
Raw google hits--
"foregone conclusion": 904,000
"far gone conclusion": 209,000
It's in Chris's database
(http://eggcorns.lascribe.net/english/506/far-gone/), but it's the
first time I ever remember hearing it in the wild. I'm surprised
the competition is so close, but then "foregone" is pretty opaque.
LH
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