13 Expressions No One Knows 🤔 How to Use ...

Hone in • Intensive Purposes • Case and Point • Wet Your Appetite • Peaked by Interest • More ...

By Holly • Jan 10, 2022 • MD

Sometimes, we use common phrases incorrectly without realizing it. That's why Good Housekeeping has compiled a list of all of the things we've been saying wrong. Here they are:

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1. Hone in

Hone in It's only a one letter difference.

2. Intensive Purposes

Intensive Purposes This phrase is longer than you thought.

3. Case and Point

Case and Point It's "in," not "and."

4. Wet Your Appetite

Wet Your Appetite I bet you didn't know this one.

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5. Peaked by Interest

Peaked by Interest You have to watch your spelling.

6. By in Large

By in Large Tweak this one a tiny bit to say it right.

7. I Could Care Less

I Could Care Less This is probably the most common error people make.

8. Sneak Peak

Sneak Peak Change that "a" to an "e."

9. Shoe-in

Shoe-in It's not the same kind of "shoe."

10. Do Diligence

Do Diligence Those homophones can get confusing.

11. Make Due

Make Due Here's a similar error.

12. Baited Breath

Baited Breath Be careful with this one!

13. Deep-seeded

Deep-seeded Now you know the difference!

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Ruby1037
2015-11-26T01:31:47.836Z
Is it sad I already knew the correct way to pronounce all of these?
Robyn
2015-11-27T21:11:18.168Z
"Baited Breath"? I thought something smelled fishy.
Inna
2015-11-26T03:45:32.907Z
This is awesome, thank you!
Marie
2015-11-27T23:03:46.690Z
I knew most of them but look like I've been using #1 & #9 incorrectly. I guess you're never too old to brush up on this stuff!
Dee
2015-11-27T20:35:57.696Z
Saved to favourites :P
Kirsty
2015-11-26T02:27:02.093Z
Who on earth says make due :/ really. All of these are obvious to me
Thelma62913
2015-11-26T19:18:49.276Z
I never even heard of most of them!
Divya
2015-11-26T05:28:39.753Z
A lot of these were really obvious
Abigail
2015-11-27T05:35:53.528Z
Let's just be thankful other people have the good heart to share these things. Anyway,it is up to us if we will assimilate it or not. Why don't we just add something helpful instead of criticizing. Destructive criticism doesn't help!