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Originally Posted by Scriveyn
What irks me most is when people get the wording wrong, like writing "baited breath" - double helping of egg  |
Productive of a good quip though:
...waiting with worms in our mouths!
Edwin Newman's
Strictly Speaking, while dated, is still a pretty good primer on avoiding malapropisms, the occasional mondegreen, and stylistic infelicity.
There are numerous people who could really use a better grasp of when to say
principle or
principal.
A good many errors of that kind seem to arrive through the ear, rather than from the page.