Sunday, December 2, 2012

down the pipe/down the pike: Common Errors in English Usage Entry for Sunday, December 2, 2012

down the pipe/down the pike 
People in the northeastern US know that a pike is a highway, but others who don’t understand the term mistakenly substitute the seemingly logical “pipe.”

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