HIGHLY LOOKED UPON
HIGHLY REGARDED

Many people, struggling to remember the phrase highly regarded, come up with the awkward highly looked upon instead; which suggests that the looker is placed in a high position, looking down, when what is meant is that the looker is
looking up to someone or something admirable.

REVERT
REPLY
The most common meaning of “revert” is “to return to an earlier condition, time, or subject. When Dr. Jekyll drank the potion he reverted to the brutish behavior of Mr. Hyde. But some pretentious people have begun to use it mistakenly instead of reply,”writing when they want you to get back to them about something, revert to me at this address.” This would literally mean they are asking you to become them.

FEBUARY
FEBRUARY
Few people pronounce the first R in February distinctly, so it is not surprising that it is often omitted in spelling. This poor month is short on days; don’t further impoverish it by robbing it of one of its letters.

POISONOUS/VENOMOUS
Snakes and insects that inject poisonous venom into their victims are venomous, but a snake or tarantula is not itself poisonous because if you eat one it won’t poison you. A blowfish will kill you if you eat it, so it is poisonous; but it is not venomous.

AS TIME PROGRESSED
AS TIME PASSED
Events may progress in time, but time itself does not progress—it just passes.