PHRASES EVERYBODY GETS WRONG EXCEPT YOU

1. For all intensive purposes: It’s actually, “for all intents and purposes.”
2. I could care less: it’s “I could not care less.”
3. Irregardless: There’s no such word. It’s “regardless.”
4. Nip it in the butt: It’s actually, “nip it in the bud.”
5. Take a different tact: The correct phrase is “take a different tack,” meaning, to change course and try a different method.
6. Do a 360: A 360 degree turn on a circle is a full turn, landing you exactly where you started. The correct expression is to “do a 180.”
7. If worse comes to worse: The correct expression is: “if worse comes to worst.”
8. First come, first serve: It should be, “first come, first served.”
9. It’s a doggy dog world: No, it’s “dog eat dog” world.
* But wouldn’t it be wonderful if we did all live in a doggy dog world?
* Well, I have to say, they’re correct. I could NOT care less.
* Good luck correcting people. Some of these mistakes are deep-seeded, even if they are being said on accident and not tongue and cheek.
* This is another one of those, “Oh my God, it’s 20 minutes to deadline” stories.