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#1 2011-05-23 13:20:20

Dixon Wragg
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From: Cotati, California
Registered: 2008-07-04
Posts: 1375

"one in the same" for "one and the same"

I’m sure this is one of the least exciting eggcorns to have made it onto the Eggcorn Database list, but for those who may not have seen it yet, here’s an example I’ve just stumbled upon: ”...most of them sat there dumbfounded as Cage weaved through his rather mystic philosophy and musical notions (which were one in the same).” (from Beefheart: Through the Eyes of Magic by John “Drumbo” French).

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