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Correction log
Selected factual corrections to published guides:
- Oct 8, 2026 — Hit the Road: Meaning, Usage, and Documented History: Clarified that “hit” has the same present and past form with subjects such as “we”; the third-person present is “hits”.
- Oct 8, 2026 — What “Cut the Mustard” Means and Where It Comes From: Corrected the grammar explanation: the third-person present is “cuts”; the past tense and past participle are “cut”.
- Oct 8, 2026 — Cut Corners: Meaning, the Quality Test, and Natural Usage: Clarified that “cut” has the same present and past form with plural subjects such as “they”; the third-person present is “cuts”.
- Oct 7, 2026 — Turn a Blind Eye: Meaning, Early Wording, and the Nelson Story: Separated the related 1800 image, the Nelson anecdote, and the exact phrase in an 1823 letter.
- Oct 7, 2026 — Kick the Bucket: In Print from 1775, Origin Still Unknown: Corrected the dictionary quotation and qualified the holy-water origin story; the origin remains unknown.
- Oct 7, 2026 — What “Drop the Ball” Means and How the Idiom Began: Replaced unsupported early dates with Merriam-Webster’s attributed 1948 record, without treating it as the date of invention.
- Oct 7, 2026 — Downpour: The History of the Word and Its Rise in English: Distinguished the differing 1801 and 1811 dictionary records and corrected the comparison with heavy showers.
- Oct 2, 2026 — Spill the Beans: The History and the Greek Voting Story: Replaced vague chronology with attributed 1908 and 1911 examples, keeping early evidence separate from coinage.