Grammarly

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Chances are you’ve used a malapropism at some point in your life, whether you substituted song lyrics you misheard, inserted your own word when another didn’t feel right, or fell back on language that was familiar and seemed to fit well enough (though maybe not perfectly). Now I know all about his adventures in the rainforest!”

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Smart Blogger

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Malapropism examples are everywhere. So why a post on malapropism examples? So in this post, we’ll: Define malapropisms and dive into their history. Share a bunch of examples. Get into some nitty ditty on writing malaprops. What Is Malapropism? Here are a few examples to illustrate.

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Grammarly

OCTOBER 20, 2023

You can find the answers to all of your questions on this common malapropism below. For example, your friend may say that there’s a new video game coming out. For example, someone in a statistics class may complain: I could care less about bivariate regression analyses. What does “I couldn’t care less” mean? “I

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Smart Blogger

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

But whether it’s a familiar friend or an idiosyncratic interloper, each and every device comes with a lovingly hand-crafted definition and an enlightening example, carefully curated by yours truly. Graceful and clever use of alliteration (not, ahem, like the example above) can create a pleasant musicality to writing.

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