Social Media language

The Merriam-Webster Dictionary was inundated with language features that people get wrong – 19 of the best (or worst)

Over on Bluesky, the wonderful Merriam-Webster Dictionary account has been getting people to share certain aspects of speech and writing that they’ve spotted others constantly getting wrong.

This was their question.

We see what they did there – but not everybody did.

@wingnut717.bsky.social‬


"Intents and purposes", maybe?

‪@hcjacobs.bsky.social‬


For all intents and purposes. Please!

@danlia1.bsky.social‬


How about "for all intents and purposes"

Other people, however, had plenty of suggestions – although the idioms and colloquialisms rule went out the window pretty quickly.

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