grammar poll

[deadly_habit]

haven't been able to find a clear cut answer on this one
also http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/on ... ident.aspx

[Pedro Sánchez]

I'd say 'by' meaning: by the way of an accident, 'on' may suggest a pre-meditated action to me which conflicts with the notion of an accident

by accident, on purpose

and accidentally is contextual to the sentence.

But some English graduate is probably going to come along and prove me wrong.

[wub]

Can you give the context in which you wish to use it?

[deadly_habit]

he crashed the car ____________
and then the needle on the record skipped _____________

[Pedro Sánchez]

he crashed the car ____________
and then the needle on the record skipped _____________

could be both, by accident or accidentally.
but accidentally would be more grammatically correct to me when used with 'he __________crashed the car' or 'the needle on the record________skipped.

[the acid never lies]

he crashed the car by accident
and then the needle on the record skipped accidentally

seems the least weird to me

[laurent__duval]

i get really fucked off with people spelling definitely wrong.

[RandomEyez]

Never heard anyone say "on accident" before.

The other two are both acceptable i'd say

[deadly_habit]

Never heard anyone say "on accident" before.

The other two are both acceptable i'd say

it's probably a US thing, but heard someone saying it repeatedly on the news this morning in the context of "i did it on accident" and had me go wtf time to look this up

[RandomEyez]

According to urban dictionary :

The improper usage of the phrase "by accident". Started in the United States, but it has started to spread to other countries like a plague. A terrible, terrible, grammar plague.

Cleetus: "Hey Maude, this 'ere critter dang near made me spill mah beer on accident."

Does sound kind of retarded

[fractal]

by or on? u start with by and end on on

i say "on the oops tip"

[dj wayne 94]

people who mix up Their, They're and There should be shot imo.

it's so fucking easy to learn and sort it out. Just fucking concentrate yeah? although I love correcting people. Makes me feel big.

[fractal]

in the future, all three will be replaced by "thr" to save time and argument. people who stare at inconsequential details so much that they miss the message should be shot imo

[knell]

i accidentally a coke bottle

[fractal]

i accidentally a coke bottle

pics or it didn't happen

[deadly_habit]

i accidentally the whole fleshlight

[nicenice]

by accident if its human

accidentally for non human and human

[wormcode]

in the future, all three will be replaced by "thr" to save time and argument. people who stare at inconsequential details so much that they miss the message should be shot imo

Haha would not surprise me if this happened. Like the people trying to get SMS shorthand words into dictionaries as official English.

I picked "accidentally", but "by accident" works in certain cases.

How about "try and ____" versus "try to ____"?

[kay]

in the future, all three will be replaced by "thr" to save time and argument. people who stare at inconsequential details so much that they miss the message should be shot imo

In some contexts small things like that can change the whole point of the message.

[snypadub]

people who mix up Their, They're and There should be shot imo.

it's so fucking easy to learn and sort it out. Just fucking concentrate yeah? [Capital A]although[possible comma] I love correcting people. Makes me feel big[this is an exclamation!].

Fixed.