Thread:Greg Noel/@comment-4182530-20120609132143/@comment-5085162-20120627143354

You should look up a song, often sung drunkenly on St. Patrick's Day, that has a chorus that goes: "I'm looking over a four-leaf clover/that I overlooked before." In the wonderful way English has of confusing every meaning, "look over" (separable adverb) means to examine, while "overlook" (compound verb) means to miss (fail to notice). Even worse, "overlook" (compound noun) is a place, usually near the top of a hill, where one can examine the scenery below.