The Eggcorn Database

The Eggcorn Database provides edification as well as a lot of laughs about unintentional goofs with the English language. One for today "spear of influence" struck me in particular because I'm currrently reading Katherine Neville's The Magic Circle in which an influential spear plays a part. Yesterday I gathered a few eggcorns of my own (belated gifts from the Easter Bunny, I guess): The Golden Rule cited as "do onto others ... " was my favorite.

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