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：2025/11/21
eggcorn
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Noun
Japanese Meaning
音が似ているために、もともとの語句と取り違えて誤った形で使われる語句、またはその現象。 / 本来の語句（セット表現や単独の言葉）に対して、発音が似ている別の語句が妥当な理由で用いられる現象を指す（言語学の用語）。
（ plural ）
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(linguistics) a word or phrase that sounds like and is mistakenly used in a seemingly logical or plausible way for another word or phrase either on its own or as part of a set expression
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eggcorn
Many people use 'for all intensive purposes' as an eggcorn of 'for all intents and purposes'.
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Many people use 'for all intensive purposes' as an eggcorn of 'for all intents and purposes'.
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