First parking 28 Jan

Liamcruddace

Ah, interesting!
As a teacher (not at the university in question) I am also often agrivated by such errors. In this case I was completely unaware. I had always assumed it was related to shouldering the burden of the action. Off the bat makes much more sense. Noted

Coupon-mad

Just post a printed copy of the Uni's email to F1rst if info@firstparking.co.uk doesn't work.

The_Deep

Here are a few more, "sticky wicket", "a level playing field", "ball in your court", "own goal", "close of play", "playing for the other team". What a marvellous language is ours!

Coupon-mad

Liamcruddace wrote: »

Ah, interesting!
As a teacher (not at the university in question) I am also often agrivated by such errors. In this case I was completely unaware. I had always assumed it was related to shouldering the burden of the action. Off the bat makes much more sense. Noted

I work in a school too, but non-teaching.

Tell your students! Now you know it's ''off your own bat'', you will notice it like I do.

Loads of intelligent people get that one wrong, so much so that I reckon the phrase might change, with time, into the 'wrong' word. Still annoys me though!