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Chris -- 2025-05-10
Here’s another amusing one from a Mensa scholarship application: “The field has always peaked my interest…”. This very common eggcorn is on the official Eggcorn list, but since I stumbled upon this example I thought I’d mention it in case some here haven’t seen it before.
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