Please state in which country your phrase tends to be used, what the phrase is, and what it should be.

Example:

In America, recently came across “back-petal”, instead of back-pedal. Also, still hearing “for all intensive purposes” instead of “for all intents and purposes”.

  • jyl@sopuli.xyz
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    1 day ago

    Some weirdos write decades as possessive. Writing “90’s” implies that there’s a 90 that owns something.

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      24 hours ago

      It’s not a decade thing. People do that anytime they’re not sure if it’s a “s situation” or a “ies situation”, or confusing with some other plural problem.