Eggcorns, Typos
Eggcorn: Frame of Mine
While reading the BBC's report on the possibility of Mark Ramprakash's return to test cricket, I saw this cracking example of an Eggcorn. If I had known 10 years ago what I know now there's no question I would be in a better frame of mine to approach Test ...
The GrammarBlog Eggcorn Appeal
Despite the usual level of schadenfreude on this blog, I'm not going to get all snotty and patronising about eggcorns. I really like them. They are similar to the more nonsensical malapropism, of which I am also a big fan.
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