Query: "on accident"

Cohen, Gerald Leonard gcohen at UMR.EDU
Mon Jul 25 01:32:21 UTC 2005


Today I was asked about the phrase "on accident" by a mother whose three grown children (in their twenties)  use it rather than "by accident."  Is this a regionalism? Is it a feature of the younger generation?

Gerald Cohen



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