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• Majorllama@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Are both not acceptable ways of typing that out? I know I’m bad at punctuation, grammar and spelling, but I thought you could say you did something on accident or by accident interchangeably.

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  • blackn1ght@feddit.uk ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Nope, it’s just by accident. Must be a certain demographic that seems to have fallen into the habit of saying it as I never hear people use “on” in real life.

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    • Majorllama@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      juliatomiak.com/grammar-check-on-accident-vs-by-a…

      Apparently “on accident” has been gaining usage and “by accident” is generally used by the older generations.

      I’m 93 so I don’t know where I picked up “on accident” but until this day I haven’t had anyone say anything. How interesting.

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      • blackn1ght@feddit.uk ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Must be just an American thing? I never hear anyone say it here!

        Also, could you be on of Lemmy’s oldest users?!

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