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Chris -- 2018-04-11
There are contexts where the word decidedly seems to be called for, but instead the utterer chooses decisively. (This could be a borderline situation between eggcorn and malapropism).
Examples:
Blue Rock’it Records – Home of Ford Brothers Blues BandIt might seem decisively unfair to the majority of the musicians on this planet that so much natural skill, ability, and creative energy should be found in …
www.bluerockit.com/home.shtml · Cached page
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no it was the fact that the man was against Matt so the comment was decisively unfriendly and cold
anthonyhorowitz.com/msgboard/index.php?topic=2509.0 · Cached page
fiddler crab review: home of the poetry chapbook review: Toccata …
That this is a flawed disposition can be demonstrated by the quick transport of a decisively contrarian poem. So I hereby quote an efficient one that violates this crabby site’s …
fiddlercrabreview.blogspot.com/2009/06/toccata-fugue-by-timothy-kelly.html
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I see a large number of of these switches when I look for “decisively mixed:” http://www.google.com/search?q=%22decisively+mixed%22
The movement also goes in the other direction: http://www.google.com/search?q=decidedly+defeated”
Seems like we have two words spelled somewhat alike which have more or less the same meaning (i.e., without doubt or ambiguity). The nuances of the two may differ.
Last edited by kem (2009-12-30 22:57:51)
Hatching new language, one eggcorn at a time.
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