Why the fuck do I keep seeing this so much? I swear I see it online all the time now.

  • southsamurai
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    122 months ago

    It’s one of those grammatic inaccuracies that has crept into colloquial standards.

    It now essentially means the same as by accident, despite the words not matching in meaning.

    • @[email protected]
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      82 months ago

      It’s like spuriously inserting the words ‘of a’ into sentences. That’s becoming a big of a problem too.

    • @[email protected]
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      22 months ago

      colloquial standards.

      … which are, naturally, ‘standards’ with free judgement on the person saying it.

      Oh, don’t worry: you don’t need to select the added judgement. It just is there.