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No: barbituate | Yes: barbiturate

Don't forget this word contains three others: bar+bit+u+rate

102

No: bob wire | Yes: barbed wire

No, this word wasn't named for anyone named ''Bob;'' it should be "barbed wire," although the suffix -ed, meaning ''having,'' is fading away in the U.S.

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No: bob wire | Yes: barbed wire

No, this word wasn't named for anyone named ''Bob;'' it should be "barbed wire," although the suffix -ed, meaning ''having,'' is fading away in the U.S.

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No: bidness | Yes: business

The change of to [d] before [n] is spreading throughout the US and when the unaccented drops from this word the finds itself in the same environment as in "isn't" and "wasn't."

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No: bidness | Yes: business

The change of to [d] before [n] is spreading throughout the US and when the unaccented drops from this word the finds itself in the same environment as in "isn't" and "wasn't."

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No: a blessing in the skies | Yes: a blessing in disguiseThis phrase is no blessing if it comes from the skies. (Pronounce it correctly and help maintain the disguise.)

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No: a blessing in the skies | Yes: a blessing in disguiseThis phrase is no blessing if it comes from the skies. (Pronounce it correctly and help maintain the disguise.)

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No: Calvary | Yes: cavalry

It isn't clear why we say, ''Mind your Ps and Qs'' when we have more difficulty keeping up with our Ls and Rs. Had there been a cavalry in Jesus' time, perhaps Calvary would not have been so tragic.

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