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Chris -- 2025-05-10
I saw this on a sign at a driving range, as in “No refunds due to inclimate weather.” Does that quality as an eggcorn? Thanks.
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An excellent eggcorn. It’s already in the Database: http://eggcorns.lascribe.net/english/36/inclimate/
There’s also a really good discussion about the way that n’s seem to pop up where they don’t belong—or disappear from places where they do belong—in English words (go to the second half of the page):
http://eggcorns.lascribe.net/english/55 … /#more-550
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