13 Expressions No One Knows How to Use ...

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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:

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.

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.

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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