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Chris -- 2018-04-11
“Devote” and “devout” are both ultimately from the Latin devovere, “dedicate by vow”. Nevertheless, I consider this a rather amusing eggcorn (in both directions). Though there are lots of examples, this eggcorn seems to be new to our Forum.
No, the chicken did not cross the road, and when I get out I will devout myself to finding the real fowl road crosser and learning its reasons.
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I want to devout myself to God’s Word more than I devout myself to keeping up with the latest sports topics.
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If I’mma devout myself to anything I’mma devout myself to what i love and not what somebody think is best for me
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I’ll give you the honor you deserve and devout myself to you
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Finals are over and I can devout myself to The Raven King
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And here are a few examples of the round-trip:
This man is a devote christian, and is teaching science to the young minds are my school.
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my grandmother is a devote christian-catholic and im an atheist…
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I am a devote Christian should I continue to watch porn?
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Sure, I would be completely naive to say that everyone at my school was a devote Christian, because that was not the case…
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I will say I am a devote Christian and that I wanted to read a book with an opposite view.
book review
Probably some examples of “devote” for “devout” are actually “devoted” with the final ”-d” left off, but I’ll bet most are substitutions for devout.
Last edited by Dixon Wragg (2016-08-28 06:53:43)
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