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The only grammar thing that annoys the hell out of me is "on accident". No idea why, it just really sticks out and bugs me when I come across it. I rarely mention it when I see it though, because I know that noone actually cares.
I'm gonna start saying "on accident" by purpose from now on
I didn't realize this was a thing for me until now, but that sentence grinds all of my gears, and I hate it.
You're just saying that because you know you're going to do it on accident anyway, and you're trying to get ahead of it
I think this is a dialectical thing! Iirc, in the US it’s more common to say “on accident” and in the UK it’s “by accident”, but I’m not certain
I'm not sure I've heard someone say on accident it's always by accident in the PNW (West Coast USA)
Repping East Coast, that's what we say, or simply, "accidentally."
PNW here as well, I only hear 'on accident'. It makes more sense than 'by accident' since we also say 'on purpose' and not 'by purpose'.
The rules of the English language have never had anything to do with making sense.
Canada, by accident!
That bugs me as well. Another is 'off of'. There is no use case when 'off' isn't sufficient.
I often hear that in "based off of" where "on" makes even more sense. The thing that it's based on forms the basis or foundation that the new thing is built upon, so you're basing it on that.
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