March 23, 20179 yr We all feel your pain, but these are comical....you can take a horse to water but you can't teach him to drink. :lol2: I use this one very often, as I hand out the study guide that tells them exactly what will be on the test. Or when I tell the students they may use their notebook on the test, but the pages are blank.....:no:
March 23, 20179 yr When did "on track" become "untracked?" Listen to this weekend's NCAA games for how many times an announcer says a team has to get their key guy "untracked" if they're going to be able to win.
March 23, 20179 yr The favorite of Jay Bilas: He left his feet. Jay says it should be he left the floor.
March 24, 20179 yr Alztimers instead of correctly Alzheimer's I had a cousin that called it "Old Timers".
March 24, 20179 yr I use this one very often, as I hand out the study guide that tells them exactly what will be on the test. Or when I tell the students they may use their notebook on the test, but the pages are blank.....:no: Where were you when I was in school! Would've loved to have open-notes tests. I remember being in total shock when I went to college and the physics professor said we could have a formula sheet out for the test. It almost felt like cheating.
March 24, 20179 yr I work with a guy - really good dude - who seems to say every single idiom and expression incorrectly. Some days it's entertaining, others it's annoying....but it's uncanny how consistent he is in screwing them up. On Monday I decided I'd jot down a few days' worth of them and start a thread here. Thought we could see what other folks have heard mis-used, or mis-used themselves. "a real oiled machine" instead of "a well oiled machine" "for all intensive purposes" instead of "for all intents and purposes" "tough road to hoe" instead of "tough row to hoe" "meant that tongue and cheek" instead of "meant that tongue-in-cheek" "got his just deserves" instead of "got his just deserts" "one in the same" instead of "one and the same" ....I've heard him use all of those just since Monday morning. He's certainly not alone, as I hear people get these wrong all the time. But I've never heard of "got his just deserts".
March 24, 20179 yr He's certainly not alone, as I hear people get these wrong all the time. But I've never heard of "got his just deserts". Maybe because it's desserts; not deserts! @Colonels_Wear_Blue - Where's that thread about using the wrong spelling of words?! :lol2:
March 24, 20179 yr Maybe because it's desserts; not deserts! @Colonels_Wear_Blue - Where's that thread about using the wrong spelling of words?! :lol2: Since I never had heard of the phrase, I had to look it up. Actually, CWB has it correct....it is "just deserts". It's an old, archaic, not well known definition of the word. Just deserts vs. just desserts - Grammarist Which is why the phrase makes zero sense to me.
March 24, 20179 yr Since I never had heard of the phrase, I had to look it up. Actually, CWB has it correct....it is "just deserts". It's an old, archaic, not well known definition of the word. Just deserts vs. just desserts - Grammarist Which is why the phrase makes zero sense to me. Damn old English! :isurrender:
March 24, 20179 yr Another one I've heard him say on numerous previous occasions is "mute point" instead of "moot point". Which actually changes the meaning. A moot point is a point worthy of dispute and discussion. When someone says "a mute point" they mean it is pointless to talk about.
March 24, 20179 yr Which actually changes the meaning. A moot point is a point worthy of dispute and discussion. When someone says "a mute point" they mean it is pointless to talk about. I've never heard the phrase "mute point" or the usage that you describe for "moot point" I had to look it up to make sure I wasn't crazy. In the traditional definition, a moot point does mean open for debate or discussion, although I've never heard it used that way, and the term hasn't been commonly used that way in over a century. In modern use, a moot point is hypothetical or no importance. "Mute point" isn't a correct term and has no usage. The definition you give "mute point" is actually the current usage for "moot point". Moot vs. mute - Grammarist
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