DakotaWoods

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DakotaWoods
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  July 2021     3 years ago

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Thank you, U. Like you, I had not encountered the phrase in any context until recently. It came up (frequently) in a series of books I was reading and I thought it was the author's "mistake," or perhaps a quirk of hers. 

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I don't understand what is meant by "both on and accident are used as independent words in sentences." This seems to be the crux of the explanation why "on accident" can't be used.

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Identify the sentence with correct use of the past perfect continuous tense:
A I have played the piano yesterday.
B We were visiting the museum all day.
C He had sings a song for the audience.
D She had been studying for hours before the exam.