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"Bared a strong resemblance"
I read that in my local newspaper today in an op-ed column. I always said it as bears or bore. Bears a strong resemblance.Bore a strong resemblance.
Bears gets 14,000 google hits bared 28.
Bears gets 14,000 google hits bared 28.
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[nq:1]I read that in my local newspaper today in an op-ed column. I always said it as bears or bore. [/nq] This appears normal, where simple ignorance is the cause, viz.
- [nq:1]I read that in my local newspaper today in an op-ed column.
- I always said it as bears or bore.
- [/nq] This appears normal, where simple ignorance is the cause, viz.
- that the subeditor did not know the verb forms bears or bore.
- According to Stephen Pinker's book on language, when an irregular is new to English speakers, the normal reaction is to treat it as regular.
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[nq:1]I read that in my local newspaper today in an op-ed column. I always said it as bears or bore. Bears a strong resemblance.Bore astrong resemblance.[/nq]
This appears normal, where simple ignorance is the cause, viz. that the subeditor did not know the verb forms bears or bore.
According to Stephen Pinker's book on language, when an irregular is new to English speakers, the norma
This appears normal, where simple ignorance is the cause, viz. that the subeditor did not know the verb forms bears or bore.
According to Stephen Pinker's book on language, when an irregular is new to English speakers, the norma
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Amen on the newspaper thing. But I think "bared a strong resemblance" is the correct and regular past form of an eggcorn: to bare a resemblance. Checking with the database I see that, while there are plenty of bear<>bare examples, this one is not listed.
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