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To: Uncle Miltie
Has anyone mentioned the word "do" being used instead of "due" as in "do to unforseen circumstances?"

Another is "tow the line" when it should be "toe the line."

251 posted on 12/30/2008 1:04:00 PM PST by N. Theknow (Kennedys: Can't fly, can't ski, can't drive, can't skipper a boat. But they know what's best.)
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To: N. Theknow
Another is "tow the line" when it should be "toe the line."

Also "cut the mustard". When it should be "cut the muster".

259 posted on 12/30/2008 1:17:05 PM PST by Straight Vermonter (Posting from deep behind the Maple Curtain)
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