"on accident"
"on accident"
Why the fuck do I keep seeing this so much? I swear I see it online all the time now.
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It's one of those grammatic inaccuracies that has crept into colloquial standards.
It now essentially means the same as by accident, despite the words not matching in meaning.
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It’s like spuriously inserting the words ‘of a’ into sentences. That’s becoming a big of a problem too.
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I should of realized that.
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I need to spend some time off of the internet too.
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colloquial standards.
.. which are, naturally, 'standards' with free judgement on the person saying it.
Oh, don't worry: you don't need to select the added judgement. It just is there.
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Along with "forgot it at home"
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