Eggcorn Forum

Discussions about eggcorns and related topics

You are not logged in.

Announcement

Registrations are currently closed because of a technical problem. Please send email to if you wish to register.

The forum administrator reserves the right to request users to plausibly demonstrate that they are real people with an interest in the topic of eggcorns. Otherwise they may be removed with no further justification. Likewise, accounts that have not been used for posting may be removed.

Thanks for your understanding.

Chris -- 2018-04-11

#1 2017-04-08 12:02:49

DavidTuggy
Eggcornista
From: Mexico
Registered: 2007-10-11
Posts: 2713
Website

confine < confide

Marcus, can I confine in you?” he asks looking at me with serious eyes, eyes that are normally worn by a forty year old man who has seen all

They were the closest in the end. She could confine in him when the world was against him and he understood the best

I could confine in him my darkest fears and deepest secrets. He not only listened but offered some sensible solace.

“I understand that you’ve been through a lot but why didn’t you confined in me you didn’t have to deal with the this alone”

Fairly widespread. Could be eggcornish if people are thinking of it as confining the information to this person alone, i.e. keeping it otherwise secret.

Last edited by DavidTuggy (2017-04-08 12:03:16)


*If the human mind were simple enough for us to understand,
we would be too simple-minded to understand it* .

(Possible Corollary: it is, and we are .)

Offline

 

Board footer

Powered by PunBB
PunBB is © 2002–2005 Rickard Andersson
Individual posters retain the copyright to their posts.

RSS feeds: active topicsall new posts