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Common Errors in English

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Today someone forwarded to me a link to the Web and print versions of Paul Brians' Common Errors in English. I have no clue how authoritative or well-regarded this work is, but it's hours of fun for me.

Dan


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>>> it's hours of fun for me.

Dan, you are definitely one of us. πŸ™‚

And I'm afraid I'm going to have to chew on this

>>>>I'd give my right arm to be ambidextrous.

for hours!


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Is there a word for people who are able to use both feet equally well, such as for soccer? Ambidextrous refers only to hands because "dextrous" refers to being right-handed, right? Ambilevous, or left-handed, means "clumsy." We also say that a clumsy person has two left feet.

How about ambipedextrous? And someone with great hands and feet, both left and right, could be called quadripedextrous?


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