"Hot Mic"
Yeah right.
You guys really think they do this on accident?
Quoting: Anonymous Coward 77644332 1) We have no idea what they are saying in that convo.
2) It's 'by accident' not 'on accident'. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 80867101 False, both are correct.
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Quoting: Anonymous Coward 78110001 I'm afraid that you are, in fact, incorrect.
"On accident…
A far less commonly used variant of by accident - on accident, is almost exclusively used in the United States - and incorrectly so. Even there, no one uses ‘on accident’ in writing; it's only a spoken English term. In fact, it is considered incorrect to be used at all.
Now, some people tend to use on accident as they rationalize that it must follow a similar structure to ‘on purpose’ although the meaning is completely the opposite. Yet another cause of confusion is interestingly the word 'accident' itself!"
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Note that rather than someone's opinion on writing, we quote.. <gasp>... grammar.com?
Yeah, I'm one of those. I can deal with bad grammar (barely) but it really grinds my gears when people DEFEND bad grammar.
Having said that, I hope you have a good day!