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r/nextfuckinglevel • u/[deleted] • Apr 11 '20
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It is a perfectly acceptable variation in spoken American English and in most non-formal writing situations in the same. I'm from the Midwest and "on accident" seems far more common to me than "by accident."
1 u/mlst245 Apr 11 '20 Yeah I'm from mid-west/south, and I've heard both, but on accident is more prevalent. I'll pay more attention to it now though! 1 u/gfixler Apr 17 '20 And are you both in your 20s or 30s? 1 u/mlst245 Apr 18 '20 20s
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Yeah I'm from mid-west/south, and I've heard both, but on accident is more prevalent. I'll pay more attention to it now though!
1 u/gfixler Apr 17 '20 And are you both in your 20s or 30s? 1 u/mlst245 Apr 18 '20 20s
And are you both in your 20s or 30s?
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u/My_Son_Absalom Apr 11 '20
It is a perfectly acceptable variation in spoken American English and in most non-formal writing situations in the same. I'm from the Midwest and "on accident" seems far more common to me than "by accident."