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

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

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2. Intensive Purposes

Intensive Purposes This phrase is longer than you thought.

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3. Case and Point

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

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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.

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6. By in Large

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

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7. I Could Care Less

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

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8. Sneak Peak

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

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9. Shoe-in

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

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10. Do Diligence

Do Diligence Those homophones can get confusing.

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11. Make Due

Make Due Here's a similar error.

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12. Baited Breath

Baited Breath Be careful with this one!

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13. Deep-seeded

Deep-seeded Now you know the difference!

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  • 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!
  • Kirsty

    2015-11-26T02:27:02.093Z

    Who on earth says make due :/ really. All of these are obvious to me
  • Inna

    2015-11-26T03:45:32.907Z

    This is awesome, thank you!
  • Robyn

    2015-11-27T21:11:18.168Z

    "Baited Breath"? I thought something smelled fishy.
  • Dee

    2015-11-27T20:35:57.696Z

    Saved to favourites :P
  • Claudine

    2015-11-26T01:08:30.559Z

    Lord have mercy THANK YOU FOR NUMBER 5!!!!
  • Sarwa

    2015-11-26T12:09:44.341Z

    I use 4 &7 correctly...
  • Lucy

    2015-11-27T17:30:19.430Z

    I needed these! Thank you!
  • 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
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