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View Poll Results: Is it worth it to take lessons now that I'm 24?
yes 44 77.19%
no 13 22.81%
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Old 12-07-2005, 06:01 AM
daryn daryn is offline
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by accident, or on accident?
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Old 12-07-2005, 06:03 AM
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Old 12-07-2005, 06:03 AM
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Default Re: accident...

by accident
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Old 12-07-2005, 06:04 AM
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Default Re: accident...

by, and this should be a poll.
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Old 12-07-2005, 06:04 AM
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Default Re: accident...

by accident is the correct phrase.

though on accident is so widely used it is fine.

"Although you can do things on purpose, you do them by accident."
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Old 12-07-2005, 06:04 AM
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Default Re: accident...

A new "craze" among teenagers is the use of the phrase "on accident" instead of the correct idiom, by accident. Remember: it's "on purpose" but "by accident."

http://www.grammardoctor.com/archive10.htm
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Old 12-07-2005, 06:09 AM
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Default Re: accident...

Who the hell says on accident?
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Old 12-07-2005, 06:11 AM
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Default Re: accident...

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Who the hell says on accident?

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this guy

that's why i made this post. i just wanted to see if there existed a whole group of poeple who were saying it wrong.. like on line!
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Old 12-07-2005, 06:12 AM
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depends on the context it is used in....give an example of what u want....
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Old 12-07-2005, 06:14 AM
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Default Re: accident...

I believe in the devolution of language: on accident
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