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 present perfect continuous tense:
A They are going to the concert tonight.
B We will have completed the project by Monday.
C She has been gardening all morning.
D She had finished her book last week.