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Chris -- 2018-04-11
“Year end and year out” instead of the more common “year in and year out” would seem to qualify as an eggcorn. I suspect the people who use it have something in mind like “out with the old, in with the new” associated with the year’s end. The year end would of course be going out in that case, so it’s not really logical: “year out” in the phrase refers to the year’s end, so the alternative version is redundant.
Examples:
“One is able to build Explosives Strength, Absolute Strength, technique, G.P.P., and muscle mass year end and year out. ”
West Texas Barbell
http://westtexasbarbellgym.com/service/programs/
“Network Real Estate continues to dominate the Nevada County real estate market in both sales and listings year end and year out.”
Network Real Estate
http://www.network-realestate.com/career.php
“Getting that game experience helps you out a lot because you are facing pretty much the same people year end and year out,†Lewis said. ”
Duke Football
http://www.goduke.com/ViewArticle.dbml? … ID=1548946
Paul Brians
Common Errors in English Usage
http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/
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