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When to use by accident as in the opposite of on purpose?

Anonymous

∙ 16y ago

Updated: 8/17/2019

The word "accidentally" is a better than "on accident." I don't believe that on accident is grammatically correct. I am not sure what you mean by when to use it.

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∙ 16y ago

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