13 Expressions No One Knows How to Use ...

By Holly

13 Expressions No One Knows  How to Use ...

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.

5

Peaked by Interest

Peaked by Interest You have to watch your spelling.

Famous Quotes

To give oneself earnestly to the duties due to men, and, while respecting spiritual beings, to keep aloof from them, may be called wisdom.

Confucius
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!

Have you been saying any of these phrases incorrectly?

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Deep freezer instead of Dick freezer

No, I'm good. I like pronouncing things "wrong" anyways.

I never even heard of most of them!

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

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

It should be deep seeded though. That's just a better analogy.

I needed these! Thank you!

Oh yes, definitely ! But a few I was saying right. So I'm glad. Jeje.

I knew them all...and the correct spellings!

A lot of these were really obvious

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