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Top 5 Phrases
You’re Saying All Wrong!

From our moment of birth, we’ve all heard various phrases, slogans and sayings repeated over and over again. We’ve even subconsciously picked most of them up. The only problem is because we often heard them wrong, we now say them wrong. ALL wrong!

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Just because we hear a phrase used time and again doesn’t mean it’s being used correctly.  So, let’s take a look at the Top 5 phrases you and most everyone you know are probably saying completely wrong:

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1.  Scotch free/Scott free
Getting off scot-free means getting away with something without punishment or consequences. The saying comes from the 16th century when a tax or fee was known as a “scot.”  The word SCOTCH is completely unrelated to this term.

Correct usage: “Looks like that graffiti artist got away scot-free again.”

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2.  Nip it in the butt
The correct phrase here is “nip it in the BUD” and comes from gardening. When you nip something in the bud, you stop it from getting the chance to flower. Nipping something or someone in the BUTT is…er…a totally different matter.

Correct usage: “He’s late for work again? You’d better nip that in the bud.”

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3.  All Intensive Purposes
I’ve seen this used in professional letters and emails before and winced. The correct phrase is “All INTENTS and purposes,” which originated as a legal term meaning to consider all intentions and all purposes.  Although “All INTENSIVE purposes” may sound formal, it’s just plain wrong.

Correct usage: “His term paper is, for all intents and purposes, a plagiarism.”

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4.  360 Degree Turn

Those with a poor knowledge of math frequently use this term incorrectly.  I’ve often heard people say “I was so scared, I did a 360 out of there!”  The only problem is, 360 degrees is a full circle, which in the example would place the person right back where they started.

Correct usage: “I was so scared, I did a 180 out of there!”

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5. I could care less
This is my personal pet peeve. When you say you could care less, it means it’s possible for you to care even less than you already do.  However, if you’ve reached the absolute lowest level of giving a damn, you must say “I COULDN’T care less.”

Correct usage: “I couldn’t care less what he thinks of me.”

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And just for fun, here’s a few bonus phrases that are all wrong:

“Flush out the problem.” – Since the toilet is not at all involved in this saying, FLUSH is incorrect.  The correct usage is to FLESH out a problem, which originates from drawing the outline of a skeleton then adding the flesh.

“The road to hell is paid with good intentions.” – Because it’s not a toll road, the road is PAVED, not PAID.

“Right off the back.” – This slogan is an old baseball term, referring to a batter hitting the ball right off the tip of the BAT.  The BACK is not even close to being correct.

“I literally died when she said that.” – Unless you actually passed away then came back to life to tell us all about it, you did not LITERALLY die in this scenario. The word “Literally” is frequently misused for emphasis, which is wrong.

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Top 5 phrases you’ve been saying ALL WRONG!