Friday, May 17, 2013

exact same/exactly the same: Common Errors in English Usage Entry for Friday, May 17, 2013

exact same/exactly the same
In casual speech we often say things like, “The shirt he gave me was the exact same kind I’d thrown away the week before”; but in formal English the phrase is “exactly the same,” as in, “The shirt he gave me was exactly the same kind I’d thrown away the week before.”

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