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Chris -- 2025-05-10
One of my favorites/most hated is when people talk about getting closer to their goal. They say they are”honing” in on it. I’m sure they think it’s a process of sharpening a point, rather than getting one’s bearings…
Stephen
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The home>>hone substitution is already in the Database: http://eggcorns.lascribe.net/english/48/hone/
Not included there is the opposite substitution—hone>>home. Google.com has 1000s examples of “to home my/your/her,etc. skills.” Mindless malapropism or true eggcorn?
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