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Originally Posted by Cpl Punishment
Sorry couldn't help it....but ummm... 
hone in
1. To move or advance toward a target or goal: The missiles honed in on the military installation.
2. To direct one's attention; focus: The lawyer honed in on the gist of the plaintiff's testimony. |
Where on earth (or "The Internets") is that from?
Citation from Dictionary.com:
home in
verb
direct onto a point or target, especially by automatic navigational aids [syn: range in]
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hone+in marks "hone in" as incorrect usage which appeared in the mid 60s.
There is no such thing as active radar hoNing, a hoNing pigeon, or a hoNing beacon. Active radar homing, homing pigeons, and homing beacons all have to do with locking into a particular spot and moving toward it. You can hone your axe at home, but you can't home your axe at hone. They are two different words, and just because someone couldn't tell the difference between an m and n back in the mid 60s and the words home and home sorta kinda sound the same doesn't make "hone in" right, any more than "in regards to" is a correct replacement for "in regard to" just because they only differ by a single letter.
On the other hand, if you just meant the above as facetious and I'm missing the point, then as Emily Litella would say: Never mind!