The Eggcorn Database - v. 0.5

Spotted in the wild:

• The first type of benefit is a consequence of the availability of a part model in terms of machining features instead of plain geometry, and of the availability of the result of the aggregated effects of several phenomena during machining. (UIUC MT-AMRI Research Project Abstract, Nov. 10, 1995)
• Using plain geometry, prove the following: If a straight line is cut in extreme and mean ratio, the square on the sum of the lesser segment and half of the greater segment is five times the square on half of the greater segment. (Texas A&M University MATH 629 Midterm Exam, Mar. 3, 1997)
• MAT 1405 Spectrum Analysis Mathematical Applications
  Basic mathematical functions used in determination of emission symbols as they apply to spectrum management. Includes square root, exponents, plain and solid geometry, and basic algebraic and trigonometric functions. (Community College of the Air Force, 1999)

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• “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)

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• 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)
• Mr. Steenburgh stated that there is a lot of antidotal evidence to support this. (Norfolk State University Committee Meeting Minutes, Dec. 12, 2003)
• Interestingly, though, during the past two or three years there is antidotal evidence that some individuals are moving to rural communities. (Technologies Across Nebraska Newsletter, Winter 2004/2005)

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• “It’s all for not if you don’t have some kind of tree ordinance,” he said. (Hannibal Courier-Post, May 7, 2004)
• They had Molly as a solid champion for nearly 6 months. There was Trish, Lita, Jazz, Victoria, Gail Kim and Jacqueline. But now it’s all for not. (Daytona Beach News-Journal, Jan. 14, 2005)
• “I’m never going to believe it’s all for not. I think that there’s a reason. I don’t know that we’ll be able to completely articulate a reason for something as horrific as has occurred now. I don’t know that we’re every going to understand why, but it did,” said Carter. (WISH-TV, Indianapolis, Feb. 14, 2005)
• I would think that it puts everyone in a bind, including you and all of your workers, to continue to spending the funds that have been appropriated for that and to know that it may all come to not. (Utah Citizens' Advisory Commission on Chemical Weapons Demilitarization, June 15, 2000)
• But if it is outside the Will of God, it will all come to not. (Lutheran Church Charities)

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• Q. You mentioned something about a snake that has eaten a large meal would have to void the meal before hibernating if it was too late in the season. Did you actually witness this or any evidence of it?
  A. No , I think that’s perpetuating another ‘old wives tail’. (Cold Blooded News, Sep. 1997)
• The old adage that people do not buy investment products has been proved to be untrue and I believe the Stakeholder will be a further nail in the coffin of that old wives’ tail. (Investment Management Association, "The Challenge of Stakeholder Pensions", Oct. 19, 2000)
• Make a list of some of your Medical Beliefs (that might be an oxymoron) to hand in. Such as related to diet, preventing illness, healing, longevity, pain control, heart disease, cancer treatment, etc. etc. and indicate whether you believe those are based on “good hard science”, anecdotal evidence, witch-craft, snake-oil, old-wives tails, your doctor’s advice, your friend/neighbor, etc.etc. (UCLA School of Public Health, Epidemiology 100 syllabus, Mar. 23, 2004)
• Yes, the villain and his henchmen are vanquished in the end, but everything is not perfected in some unreal fairy tail. (Chalcedon Foundation, Sep. 18, 2001)
• At the June meeting we will be discussing Margaret Atwood’s The Robber Bride, along with The Robber Bridegroom, a short fairy tail by the Brothers Grimm. (Books and Cooks, June 8, 1998)
• Speculations continued to fly over the Internet concerning whether Bush was wired, whether he had diabetes and the bulge was an insulin device, whether he had a heart attack (he had allegedly postponed his yearly physical this year), or whether the tell-tail bulge was just a flack jacket. Tailors weighed in and most said that the tell-tale bulges could not be explained by poor tailoring. (Blog Left, Oct. 30, 2004)
• Emergency Civil Defense workers are in the fields, watching the skies for funnel clouds aloft and weather forecasters are in front of their radar screens looking for tell-tail tornado “hook echoes”. (UIUC Center for Biophysics and Computational Biology)
• I don’t think it is morally right for the Truth Telling Project to solicit people to tattle-tail on the government. (Professional Ethics, Sep. 13, 2004)
• Ms. Moultrie argued that tattle-tails are people that can’t solve their problems with their peers. (Minutes of the Demosthenian Literary Society, University of Georgia, Oct. 23, 1997)
• There is a common wives-tail about Cottonmouth not being about to bite underwater. This is completely untrue. (Snakes of Arkansas)
• Many people believe that modern traps have teeth and animals chew their legs off. These wives tails are just plain false. (ArboristSite, Jan. 24, 2005)