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Noticing Newbies: May 01, 2019 Issue [#9519]




 This week: Commonly Misused Idioms
  Edited by: Brooklyn
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2. A Word from our Sponsor
3. Letter from the Editor
4. Editor's Picks
5. A Word from Writing.Com
6. Ask & Answer
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Letter from the editor




There are many phrases I see written improperly on almost a daily basis. So I thought I'd take this opportunity to share some and make sure they aren't being misunderstood by any of our members.

*No* I could care less
The proper phrase is "I couldn't care less" which is used to express maximum apathy toward a situation. The phrase is suppose to say, "It's impossible for me to care less about this." Using the incorrect version is basically saying "I could care less" which means the opposite and you still have care left to give.

*No* First-come, first-serve
This phrase is pretty common but written incorrectly as shown above it suggests that the first person to arrive has to serve all who arrive afterward. The correct phrase should be "first-come, first-served," to indicate that the participants will be served in the order they arrive.

*No* One in the same
"One in the same" makes no sense and would literally mean that something is inside the same thing as itself. It should be "one and the same," meaning that what's being compared is the same thing or the same person.

*No* Wet your appetite
I've read that this phrase is used improperly 56% of the time it appears online. Amazing, right? The correct way to write this is "whet your appetite." which means to awaken your desire for something."Whet" means to sharpen or stimulate instead of "wet" which means to be covered or saturated with liquid.

*No* Emigrated to
This one has an English language connection. The verb immigrate is always used with the preposition "to" whereas "emigrate" is always used with the preposition "from." To emigrate is used when you're coming from another place, and likewise to immigrate is when you go to another place.

*No* Shoe-in
This is a common idiom that means a sure winner. The correct use calls for "Shoo-in" though. To "shoo" something is to urge it in a certain direction. Such as when someone would shoo a fly out of their face.

*No* Deep-seeded
This is another common mistake. The correct idiom should be written as "deep-seated," to indicate that something is firmly in its place. Many people think"deep-seeded" makes sense showing something is planted deep in the ground. While this might make sense, it's not the correct expression.

How many of these did you get right?

Write and Review on! ~ Brooke

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