Eggcorns like ‘for all intensive purposes’ were named in 2003 after a woman wrote ‘egg corns’ for ‘acorns’
Eggcorns such as 'for all intensive purposes' were named in 2003, after linguist Geoffrey Pullum used a woman's 'egg corns' for 'acorns' slip.
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Eggcorns such as 'for all intensive purposes' were named in 2003, after linguist Geoffrey Pullum used a woman's 'egg corns' for 'acorns' slip.
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