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Is it "nip it in the butt" or "nip it in the bud"?

Only An Actual Grammar Genius Will Totally Ace This Quiz

People often mistake "could have" for "could of" just because of pronunciation. But nah, the correct phrase is "could have."

Which is the correct phrase?

"I could care less" denotes that you actually care a little bit. You PROBABLY meant "I couldn't care less," because that means you don't care at all.

Pick the correct phrase.

While "nip it in the butt" conjures a funny image, "nip it in the bud" is actually the correct phrase.

"One and the same" means that two things are the same, whereas "one in the same" doesn't actually mean much of anything.

Which is correct?

This phrase means you're covering ALL possibilities. "Intensive purposes" means you're covering "strong purposes," which is not a thing.

You do things "on purpose" and "by accident."

We're guessing you meant that someone changed entirely (180 degrees), not that they changed and then went back exactly to the way they were (which would be 360 degrees, or a full circle).

"Toe the line" means to step up to the edge of the line, aka to put your toes on the line.

Choose the correct phrase.

"Tongue in cheek" means to be saying something in humor or without really meaning it. "Tongue and cheek" is literally just that — tongue and cheek.

How about this one?

Somewhere out there, there might exist an actual physical "statue of limitations," a monument devoted to limitations, but probably not. The correct phrase is "statute of limitations," referring to a "period of limitation for the bringing of certain kinds of legal action."

To be "waiting with baited breath" refers to "bait," as in "bait and tackle." As in fish. As in, you'd have fish breath. Which would be WEIRD. "Bated breath" means breath that's shortened and excited.

"Momento" isn't actually a word in the English language. Sorry!

When you "extract," you're taking something out of something else. When you "exact," you're enacting an action onto something else.

Pick the correct phrase?

Though it sounds like it's a reference to a Scottish person, "scot-free" is actually derived from the 16th-century term "shot-free," which [means](http://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2015/04/scot-free-origin/) "not required to pay a tax or fee."

Which is the right phrase?

Last one! Is it:

Words? Not for you so much, or at all. 
That's okay — you're good at other things, I'm sure.

Okay, language isn't your "thing."

Hey, you're really good with words! What are you, some kinda genius or something? Nice going!

You're a whiz kid.

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