Wednesday 31 July 2013

Raze to the ground

I mentioned the "The top 10 misquoted phrases in Britain" in my last post.

One that didn't feature (probably just because it isn't used very often) is the difference between "raised to the ground" (wrong) and "razed to the ground" (right).

My guess is that anyone who hears the phrase "raised to the ground" must be pretty mystified as to what it might mean (much like the phrase "damp squid"!)