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Chris -- 2018-04-11
In earlier posts to this forum contributors have noted the popular confusion between “bounds” and “bounce.” An entry for “out of bounce” was posted in 2006 at http://eggcorns.lascribe.net/forum/view … hp?id=883.
“Out of bounce†is probably not an eggcorn. But there is another bounds/bounce substitution that may be an eggcorn. Dozens of pages on the web (see samples below) record the phrase “leaps and bounce” in contexts where we would have expected “leaps and bounds.†The idiom “leaps and bounds,” which has been employed in a metaphorical sense at least since the nineteenth century, describes a progress marked by large transitions. It appears to be a pleonasm: the meanings assigned to the words “leap” and “bound” are much the same. When we move forward in “leaps and bounds,†we advance with only one type of jump. Moving by “leaps and bounce,” however, gives the moving person twice the travel resources. Like a Tiger Woods tee shot, the advancer flies through the air then adds to the distance by bouncing along the ground.
Article on commercial printing: “Today, the demand for commercial printing is increasing in leaps and bounce. ” (http://www.gratisartikler.com/articlede …
Printing)
Explanation of domain names at a registrar site: “Remember that the Internet is growing by leaps and bounce. Every day, more and more people are going online.” (http://www.active-domain.com/resources/ … -names.htm)
An editorial comment on e-business: “The longer Malaysia decides, it’s losing its edge by leaps and bounce to the competition.” (http://ebizuniversity.wordpress.com/200 … l-through/)
Advert by a leather cleaning companty: “Leather is also a lot easier to care for than fabric and usually lasts quite a while longer. No wonder, its growth is going in leaps and bounce. ” (http://www.carpet-cleaning-sydney.com/l … stery.html)
Advert by a leather cleaning companty: “Leather is also a lot easier to care for than fabric and usually lasts quite a while longer. No wonder, its growth is going in leaps and bounce. ” (http://www.carpet-cleaning-sydney.com/l … stery.html)
Last edited by kem (2008-07-14 23:17:53)
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kem writes:
“Out of bounce†is probably not an eggcorn.
I’m prone to classify “out of bounce” as an eggcorn. It doesn’t make perfect literal sense, but it works in just the right ways; First, it derives from the in-the-language expression “out of bounds.” Second, it captures the notion of a ball being “out”—as determined at the moment of the “bounce.”
Last edited by jorkel (2008-07-15 12:10:34)
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