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"By accident" or "on accident"

Started by YPrrrr, November 18, 2008, 01:30:50 AM

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Yes, I really am that good at procrastinating

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On accident
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don't let's

After thinking about for a while they both sound natural to me.

Daddy

Quote from: (01:10:35 AM) on November 18, 2008, 07:33:33 AM
After thinking about for a while they both sound natural to me.
on purpose
by accident

ME##

I split me milk by accident.



Usually I try to use 'by', but sometimes 'on' slips out of me. :(

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Lotos

I did it by accident.
I spilled the soda on accident.

That's how I use that word.

Kalahari Inkantation


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How do people mix up "on purpose" and "by accident?"
I do not have HIV/AIDS.

Samus Aran

I think both of them sound retarded, honestly, and I try to avoid them.

Nyerp

Yeah, I tend to lean towards "accidentally".

Thyme

Quote from: Nyerd on November 18, 2008, 01:39:19 PM
Yeah, I tend to lean towards "accidentally".


Come to think of it, so do I. Sometimes I just don't say anything, as if it had to be taken for granted that it was done accidentally:

I spilled the milk. O_0

Nyerp

Quote from: Thyme on November 18, 2008, 01:42:06 PM
Come to think of it, so do I. Sometimes I just don't say anything, as if it had to be taken for granted that it was done accidentally:

I spilled the milk. O_0


what if they think you did it on purpose...er, purposely

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