would've - contraction of would have - is NOT would of.
Same for could've and should've.
God's mercy: NOT getting what we deserve! God's grace: Getting what we DON'T deserve!
"If the enemy is in range, so are you." - Infantry Journal
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April 09, 2017, 06:40 PM
Echtermetzger
quote:
Sorry, but "carrot or stick" can be correct.
It means to choose between two different forms of motivation, either reward or punishment. As in, motivating a donkey by offering it a carrot, or beating it with a stick.
golly, thanks for pointing out my error by re-phrasing what I essentially stated in my post.
You know, this part.
quote:
carrot or stick has become it's own distinct idiom
A well balanced breakfast being necessary to the start of a healthy day, the right of the people to keep and eat food shall not be infringed.
April 09, 2017, 08:32 PM
Texas Bob C.
'Education' and 'Getting indoctrinated with a bunch of liberal crap'.
April 09, 2017, 09:53 PM
RogueJSK
"Rogue" and "Rouge"
Rogue - [rohg] - a loveable scoundrel.
Rouge - [rooj] - French for "red"; a cosmetic.
Rogue:
Rouge:
April 10, 2017, 02:32 PM
Sig209
Calvary - a place in the Bible
Cavalry - what you hope comes to save your ass when you are in a tight spot
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Not a confusion per se - but I hate seeing / hearing 'nucular'. The dang word is 'nuclear' pronounced noo-clee-ur'.
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Proverbs 27:17 - As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another.
April 11, 2017, 06:21 AM
Gustofer
"Try and ..." when it should be "try to ...".
Irritates the living hell out of me, almost as much as "could of ...".
________________________________________________________ "Great danger lies in the notion that we can reason with evil." Doug Patton.
April 11, 2017, 10:45 AM
ggile
Using the uppercase O for the number zero.
I was going to use the word "capital" for uppercase, but couldn't remember if it was capital or capitol.
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April 11, 2017, 11:29 AM
sjtill
Imply and infer:
Imply: to suggest something rather than say it directly
Infer: to read meaning into what was said
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April 11, 2017, 01:02 PM
egregore
Accept and except. Just saw this in another section.
April 11, 2017, 03:54 PM
f2
meteoric rise.
April 11, 2017, 07:24 PM
ZSMICHAEL
liberal and narrow minded are often confused with one another
April 12, 2017, 06:34 AM
egregore
Wail and whale. If you want to, for example, drive a stake into the ground or break something loose, you whale on it. Crying loudly and uncontrollably doesn't do any good. Not that whaling on it makes any sense, either.
April 12, 2017, 08:20 AM
Jim Shugart
quote:
Originally posted by f2: meteoric rise.
Yeah, that one has always bothered me too: the imagery is confusing. You don't think of meteors (meteorites) all the sudden waking up on the surface of the earth and then shooting the fuck off back through the atmosphere and into space.
When a thing is funny, search it carefully for a hidden truth. - George Bernard Shaw
April 12, 2017, 11:29 AM
egregore
quote:
Originally posted by f2: meteoric rise.
Ha, I never even thought about that.
That wouldn't be so much a confusion of words as an oxymoron. And speaking of oxymoron, it is sometimes used when one actually means a redundancy.
I just popped over to another section and found another confusion of words: loath and loathe.
April 12, 2017, 02:12 PM
murphman
advice and advise
__________________________ "Sooner or later, wherever people go, there's the law. And sooner or later, they find out that God's already been there." -- John Wayne as Chisum
April 12, 2017, 03:40 PM
YooperSigs
Buffet and buffet: One is what the wind does. One is a style of dining. And another T and it becomes a rich dude named Warren.
End of Earth: 2 Miles Upper Peninsula: 4 Miles
April 12, 2017, 04:03 PM
SIGnified
I have two bitches:
1) Quantum i.e. Quantum Jump/Leap - it is a very small thing a "quantum" as in sub-atomic small - not some ginormous orders of magnitude larger.
2) Muster vs. Mustard i.e. Cannot Cut Muster - as in you cannot pass inspection at muster (military) as opposed to the damned hot dog condiment.
"Pacifism is a shifty doctrine under which a man accepts the benefits of the social group without being willing to pay - and claims a halo for his dishonesty." ~Robert A. Heinlein
April 12, 2017, 05:45 PM
tigereye313
April 12, 2017, 08:36 PM
Gustofer
quote:
Originally posted by Jim Shugart: ...all the sudden...
There's another one.
________________________________________________________ "Great danger lies in the notion that we can reason with evil." Doug Patton.
April 12, 2017, 09:58 PM
amals
"Stop" and "Go". I see them confused all the time at intersections in the city.
