Saturday, 16 February 2019

Malapropisms

Australia: Footage captures car careering across eight lanes [careening]: Police in Australia say it's "incredibly lucky" that more people weren't injured when a car careered across eight lanes of traffic in Darwin last week. [Not a typo, then.]

Introducing non-native trees can also exasperate problems like soil erosion or water shortages. [exacerbate]

Exasperate their fear.  [exacerbate]

The Mississippi River and its tributes [tributaries].


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