Eggcorn Forum

There are a number of examples of these substitutions which appear to be likely eggcorns:

I see the mistakes and little continuity errors that detracked from the story being told. That passionate love scene or dramatic moment loses something when …
www.belowtopsecret.com/thread206130/pg1 – 30k – Cached

There are a couple of staff who need to educated in the art of customer service but this should not detracked from the general high standard the hotel …
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... find Bin Ladin” then a hour later, he had another conference and retracked his comments saying “that we will comb every cave in Afgahastan to find him” ...
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He was then told by one of his flunkies that he should change the “wording” a bit.Then Dubya retrackeded his statement. Stupid is as stupid does. ...
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I remain a little uneasy, however, as there are many other examples which are not at all eggcornish, like ‘compacked’, ‘restricked’ and ‘bile ducked’ – it may be that we’re simply seeing what we want to see, and ignoring what’s inconvenient?