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minus-squareTheRealKuni@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 days agoBoth are acceptable! Standard English is “by accident,” but through parallel construction we’ve taken the “on” from “on purpose” to make “on accident.” (But I love this comic and it made me laugh.)
minus-squarepoolcritter@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 days agoSimple fix, ‘accidentally’ / ‘intentionally’.
Both are acceptable!
Standard English is “by accident,” but through parallel construction we’ve taken the “on” from “on purpose” to make “on accident.”
(But I love this comic and it made me laugh.)
Simple fix, ‘accidentally’ / ‘intentionally’.
She did it on accidentally