My friend meg posted this on facebook, and it's the sort of slip I always find noteworthy:
Make due vs. Make Do- Language Log
As such a phrase is so commonly aural, the mistake is slight, but still significant, especially when Wired suggests : The Air Force can't make due on $144 billion a year. The service is telling Congress it needs nearly another $19 billion for fiscal year 2009 -- including about $1.7 billion worth of extra fighter jets.
(Emphasis mine)
It simply doesn't make sense. Just like all those folks who tell me we'll have to "play it by year" to arrive at an outcome... haven't considered the actual content of the expression.
I'm a bad word blogger. hai.
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