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Sometime you can't worry about over-rationalizing the rules. This article tries to explain things and just makes it more confusing. Fact is, over 40 years and I've never even heard of "on accident" until maybe about 5 years ago. Not in school. Not on TV. Not in conversation. The first time I heard it I thought it was because the guy who said it grew up speaking Spanish and his grammar wasn't very good. Now I hear it everywhere here, even from teachers who should know better and it's driving me crazy. Don't know exactly how long ago it started but it's definitely grown to a point where the overwhelming majority of the population here seem to believe "on accident" is actually how it's said. I actually came here trying to find out if it's some kind of Californian expression or something but this article says United States? At least not where I come from thankfully. 

3 years ago

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