20 common phrases most people use incorrectly
Courtesy of online company Knowingly’s error-detecting tool Correctica, here’s a list of the most common mistake people make.
1. Incorrect: Hone in
Correct: Home in
2. Incorrect: For all intensive purposes
Correct: For all intents and purposes
3. Incorrect: Case and point
Correct: Case in point
4. Incorrect: Wet your appetite
Correct: Whet your appetite
5. Incorrect: Peaked by interest
Correct: Piqued my interest
6. Incorrect: Emigrated to
Correct: Immigrated to
7. Incorrect: By in large
Correct: By and large
8. Incorrect: First come, first serve
Correct: First come, first served
9. Incorrect: I could care less
Correct: I couldn’t care less
10. Incorrect: Sneak peak
Correct: Sneak peek
11. Incorrect: Prostrate cancer
Correct: Prostate cancer
12. Incorrect: Shoe-in
Correct: Shoo-in
13. Incorrect: Do diligence
Correct: Due diligence
14. Incorrect: Make due
Correct: Make do
15. Incorrect: One in the same
Correct: One and the same
16. Incorrect: Piece of mind
Correct: Peace of mind
17. Incorrect: Baited breath
Correct: Bated breath
18. Incorrect: Extract revenge
Correct: Exact revenge
19. Incorrect: Deep-seeded
Correct: Deep-seated
20. Incorrect: Slight of hand
Correct: Sleight of hand