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title: "13 Expressions No One Knows 🤔 How to Use ..."
description: "Hone in; Intensive Purposes; Case and Point; Wet Your Appetite; Peaked by Interest; More ..."
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last_updated: "2026-06-17"
---

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

Sometimes, we use common phrases incorrectly without realizing it. That's why [Good Housekeeping](https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/life/g2976/common-phrases-incorrect/) has compiled a list of all of the things we've been saying wrong. Here they are:

## 1. Hone in

![Hone in](https://resize.allw.mn/1028x0/filters:format(webp)/filters:quality(70)/content/y1/kx/mohhfo5k5654747939a1d965542426_480x480.jpg)

It's only a one letter difference.

## 2. Intensive Purposes

![Intensive Purposes](https://resize.allw.mn/1028x0/filters:format(webp)/filters:quality(70)/content/uv/c4/rrl2a9re5654747984f0d030535215_480x480.jpg)

This phrase is longer than you thought.

## 3. Case and Point

![Case and Point](https://resize.allw.mn/1028x0/filters:format(webp)/filters:quality(70)/content/nt/in/byuadubx565474798bafc980936828_480x480.jpg)

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

## 4. Wet Your Appetite

![Wet Your Appetite](https://resize.allw.mn/1028x0/filters:format(webp)/filters:quality(70)/content/rx/dz/olhqmb1k5654747a19a69641879019_480x450.jpg)

I bet you didn't know this one.

## 5. Peaked by Interest

![Peaked by Interest](https://resize.allw.mn/1028x0/filters:format(webp)/filters:quality(70)/content/xm/pm/dkg3ivtw56547479e8106177145458_480x480.jpg)

You have to watch your spelling.

## 6. By in Large

![By in Large](https://resize.allw.mn/1028x0/filters:format(webp)/filters:quality(70)/content/bm/ae/fj6t3e2h5654747a47021823749770_480x480.jpg)

Tweak this one a tiny bit to say it right.

## 7. I Could Care Less

![I Could Care Less](https://resize.allw.mn/1028x0/filters:format(webp)/filters:quality(70)/content/x5/o1/a9t2c5gc5654747a7a0dc304666803_480x480.jpg)

This is probably the most common error people make.

## 8. Sneak Peak

![Sneak Peak](https://resize.allw.mn/1028x0/filters:format(webp)/filters:quality(70)/content/pa/mz/xblaxxiy5654747a78c9a688140338_480x480.jpg)

Change that "a" to an "e."

## 9. Shoe-in

![Shoe-in](https://resize.allw.mn/1028x0/filters:format(webp)/filters:quality(70)/content/y8/x4/extiqddx5654747b24263514579671_480x450.jpg)

It's not the same kind of "shoe."

## 10. Do Diligence

![Do Diligence](https://resize.allw.mn/1028x0/filters:format(webp)/filters:quality(70)/content/ja/s6/n0wpzxj45654747b2acb1771205264_480x480.jpg)

Those homophones can get confusing.

## 11. Make Due

![Make Due](https://resize.allw.mn/1028x0/filters:format(webp)/filters:quality(70)/content/he/n4/fu2r774f5654747b5480e752297039_480x480.jpg)

Here's a similar error.

## 12. Baited Breath

![Baited Breath](https://resize.allw.mn/1028x0/filters:format(webp)/filters:quality(70)/content/z5/dd/bhkwwuyk5654747b6f5e2925336253_480x480.jpg)

Be careful with this one!

## 13. Deep-seeded

![Deep-seeded](https://resize.allw.mn/1028x0/filters:format(webp)/filters:quality(70)/content/n8/c4/fokwlvh35654747b99490348826952_480x480.jpg)

Now you know the difference!

Have you been saying any of these phrases incorrectly?

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