accident...

daryn · #1 12-07-2005, 06:01 AM

by accident, or on accident?

daryn · #2 12-07-2005, 06:03 AM

Benholio · #3 12-07-2005, 06:03 AM

by accident

xorbie · #4 12-07-2005, 06:04 AM

by, and this should be a poll.

chuddo · #5 12-07-2005, 06:04 AM

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."

brick · #6 12-07-2005, 06:04 AM

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

toss · #7 12-07-2005, 06:09 AM

Who the hell says on accident?

daryn · #8 12-07-2005, 06:11 AM

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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!

peachy · #9 12-07-2005, 06:12 AM

depends on the context it is used in....give an example of what u want....

pokergrader · #10 12-07-2005, 06:14 AM

I believe in the devolution of language: on accident

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