Me fail English that’s unpossible.
The odd malapropism is a common occurrence in everyday life, unless you happen to make words really good, but a new survey has revealed the phrases and words that people frequently mix up.
To be fair, we live in a world where fleek, bae and countless other monstrosities are allowed to exist so some of these efforts don’t actually seem that bad in hindsight.
Take a look at the percentage of people who misuse the following;
Phrases:
- 28% Hunger pains (Hunger pangs)
- 22% Wreck havoc (Wreak havoc)
- 20% Out on a whim (Out on a limb)
- 20% Mute point (Moot point)
- 18% Beckon call (Beck and call)
- 18% Escape goat (Scapegoat)
- 18% Nip it in the butt (Nip it in the bud)
- 16% For all intensive purposes (For all intents and purposes)
- 12% Extract revenge (Exact revenge)
Words.
- 31% Affect (Effect)
- 28% Pacifically (Specifically)
- 23% Arks (Ask)*
- 21% Suppose (Supposed to)
- 19% Yourself / Myself(You / Me)
- 16% Advise (Advice)
- 14% Genuinely (Generally)
- 14% Adverse (Averse)
- 14% Your (You’ll)
- 12% Crotch (Crutch)
- 12% Flaunted (Flouted)
- 11% Patients (Patience)
- 10% Banter (Barter)
- 9% Decimated (Devastated)
- 9% Photographic (Photogenic)
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