"Hone in on" or "home in on"? Which is correct?

Ah, I see. Well, you did so as a reply to my post (click on the small blue - or is it green - lettered ossobuco before your response)

I don 't remember the reason for my doing so, Osso.

I don't believe that I had u specificly in mind, tho (probably not).





David

"Hone in" is incorrect, particularly in written English. Its' origins are mainly due to the weakening of the 'm' sound. Many of those who defend it do so simply because they have made the mistake themselves. (No need to be defensive just because you've made the same mistake. Hey, most Aussies still think and entree is an appetizer.)

I've only ever heard (or used) "home in on".

These near- homophones happen quite frequently in speech.

I wrote to the BBC once because one of their journalists kept writing "to wet your appetites".
For southern English speakers at least, it sound the same as "whet", but it's an annoying mistake.

We've had fun like this since before Dickens' time.

I knew a lady that used to say 'are what?' as in 'Are you leaving, are what?' It wasn't till she wrote it down that I was sure there was some sort of misunderstanding.

Not forgetting R Wayne in Peter Kay's talent show.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TktIKmXRep4

How the term 'eggcorn' came to be.

http://eggcorns.lascribe.net/about/