The Eggcorn Database - v. 0.5

Spotted in the wild:

• What I found most appealing about Mr. Schwarz is that he is very proactive about his cause. He makes a point to stay involved in the community and educate others, all the while helping himself. I immediately thought about the locust of control theory of psychology which states that there are individuals who have either an internal or external locust of control. Those individuals with an external locust of control feel that they are in less control of their life and that the control lay outside their autonomy. (Klinefelter Syndrome, student interview)
• When the locust of responsibility and control has returned to you, change is possible. (Bodybuilding.com)
• Business education programs that offer an innovative and interesting opportunity for students to pursue their personal interests and place the locust of control with the student will see a resurgence of student enrollment. (James L. Stapleton, Southern Illinois University)
• The distributed resources would be aligned with major academic divisions, but could be extended to other areas that were the locust of major support needs. (Bucknell University)
• What one has to see here is that the connection between governance and academic freedom is absolutely central to what we’re talking about, and that in a sense, the locust of decision-making is really what academic freedom is all about, that especially as issues become much more complicated. (UC Berkeley)
• With respect to averaging vectors and rotations, perhaps the most appropriate approach would be one that rejects your fundamental assumption — that is, maybe you shouldn’t average at all. Consider preserving a locust of vectors and their associated rotations, and instead think about ways to present your data which can express all this information, instead of “hiding” it as a mean. (link)
• The reason Benjamin chooses this particular time and place is because nineteenth century Paris was the locust of a booming capitalist epistemology. (Connecticut College)

Spotted in the wild:

• “It has to be multidisciplinary due to the myriad of needs that may have to be addressed,” Brescia said. “But nurses are the glue of the system. They hold it all together and bare the brunt of the care.” (Medical University of South Carolina press release, Dec. 14, 2001)
• Or does she cringe when Israelis constantly bare the brunt of suicide bombers, destroying the lives of innocent civilians? (Elizabethtown College Etownian, Apr. 26, 2002)
• When preparing publications that will bare the name of the university, please adhere to the policies set forth in this manual. (Regent University Marketing Style Manual)
• “X-House didn’t bare the name of a slain civil rights leader,” Harper said, pointing in the direction of the house. “It bore the name of an evangelical preacher [John Wesley].” (Wesleyan Argus, Feb. 7, 2003)
• Tuesday afternoon, that stage came crumbling down, and instead the public was forced to bare witness to the sissified bite- and slap-fest that no one wanted to see. (Arizona Daily Wildcat, Jan. 24, 2002)
• So even if we have to grin and bare a bit now, never lose sight that we have to continue to fight against turning this University into a profile that looks more like a private institution. (CUNY University Faculty Senate Open Forum transcript, June 11, 2003)
• “We take you from not knowing anything, to knowing something about design, fabrication, fabrication process, protocol, clean room tools, technology, just the whole picture that is brought to bare on MEMS, because we have it all here. We’re a very lucky university,” said Farmer. (New Jersey Institute of Technology press release, May 30, 2001)
• We risk our ability to bring to bare the intellectual richness of the university on practical issues of the day. (Colorado State University President, Fall Address, Sep. 14, 2004)
• I think that from antidotal evidence like Judy is bringing to bare and I could bring to bare from the early childhood education movement, it is indeed the case. (Brookings Press Forum transcript, Dec. 8, 1999)
• I’d like to share the wonders I’ve seen, but it’s hard to describe how satisfying the return of “Farscape” to my television screen was to folks who didn’t bare witness. (NIU Northern Star, Oct. 20, 2004)
• Please bare in mind that this has been a project with Tufts & WPI through many years. (WPI/Tufts Wildlife Rehabilitation Database)
• If you plan to take courses towards your area of concentration bare in mind that you will need to have them approved by your faculty mentor, add them to your area of concentration form, and have them approved by the CUNY Baccalaureate Program. (CUNY - Studying Abroad: Before You Go)
• So they have the choice to either suppress the Report, or grin and bare it. (Daily Kos, Nov 13, 2004)

Spotted in the wild:

• With only eight matches remaining, the Lions knew it was a tough road to hoe. (link)
• I feel I let down the fans, the Yankees and my teammates. I accept full responsibility. Most of all to the fans, I am sorry. I understand how they feel. I understand it’s going to be a tough road to hoe but I am going to work my butt off to get back their support. (New York Post, February 11, 2005)
• A serious parent in our culture today has a hard road to hoe in raising our children to be disciplined, loving, compassionate people. (Honolulu Star Bulletin, July 12, 1999)
• IT is only part of the effort. Getting people to buy in when you deploy new technology, to change their practices, that’s a tough road to hoe. (link)
• My family will pray that your Dad wins this battle. It will be a tough road to hold for your entire family, but you will all make it through this. (CRM News, 04 Jun 2002)
• The biggest task the group faced was trying to get grass growing back on the fairways, something they have been able to accomplish. Even in late January, the fairways were in ideal shape. It was no easy chore and still continues to be a tough row to hold as they continue to battle salt problems with their water supply system. (link)
• There’s little doubt the Marine City girls basketball team has a tough road to row when it opens district play Monday at Croswell-Lexington High School. (link)