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Everyday phrases that even smart people say incorrectly

Here are 12 everyday phrases you might be saying incorrectly.

Here are 12 everyday phrases you might be saying incorrectly:

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Incorrect: I could care less

Correct: I couldn't care less

Incorrect: One in the same

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Correct: One and the same

Incorrect: On accident

Correct: By accident

Incorrect: Wreck havoc

Correct: Wreak havoc

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Incorrect: For all intensive purposes

Correct: For all intents and purposes

Incorrect: Should of

Correct: Should have

Incorrect: Case and point

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Correct: Case in point

Incorrect: You've got another thing coming

Correct: You've got another think coming

Incorrect: Fall by the waste side

Correct: Fall by the wayside

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Incorrect: Deep-seeded

Correct: Deep-seated

Incorrect: Statue of limitations

Correct: Statute of limitations

Incorrect: Daylight-savings

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Correct: Daylight-savingEDITOR'S NOTE: This video was originally published on October 30, 2015.

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