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What mis-stated phrases or words do you feel still need to be corrected (online or in person) in 2025? (lemmy.world)
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Please state in which country your phrase tends to be used, what the phrase is, and what it should be.

Example:

In America, recently came across "back-petal", instead of back-pedal. Also, still hearing "for all intensive purposes" instead of "for all intents and purposes".

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[–] 2 points 2 years ago

My favorite of these mnemonics (try spelling that from memory) for these arbitrary distinctions was in a movie that had some evil lords in it. The father way telling the son,

"Pheasants are hung, peasants are hanged."

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