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Tools for Correcting Eggcorns

Tweet this post.There is no egg in acorn. How to detect and correct misheard sayings and expressions, today in my Canadian, Eh? column at Copyediting.com.
Link to my Canadian, Eh? column on Copyediting.com

diagram of parts of an acorn

 

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