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by accident vs on aciident

The correct phrase is 'by accident.' 'On accident' is not a standard phrase in English. 'By accident' is commonly used to indicate that something happened unintentionally.

Last updated: March 15, 2024 • 981 views

by accident

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used to indicate that something happened unintentionally or by mistake.

Examples:

  • I broke the vase by accident.
  • She spilled the coffee by accident.
  • He deleted the file by accident.
  • The child knocked over the cup by accident.
  • The dog chewed up the shoes by accident.
  • People usually have them by accident.
  • Duplicate orders, which happened by accident.
  • I think someone took yours by accident.
  • Riker's Island by accident on the invitation.
  • Data cannot be lost or deleted by accident.
  • My finger hit the button by accident.
  • You keep doing good things by accident.
  • You can lose a can by accident, no problem.
  • It was quite by accident, actually.
  • I borrowed it by accident from Strike.
  • Same way you got me: by accident, on a golf course.
  • Severely paralysed, speechless and incontinent, he was discovered by accident by a looter.
  • I killed a few by accident at first.
  • (sniffles) One must have got left in by accident.
  • Then almost by accident four gladiator fighter biplanes were found in crates on the island.
  • Violet put the poison in by accident.
  • I became an inventor by accident.
  • But this maximizing participation thing doesn't happen by accident.
  • Well, the first clue came quite by accident.
  • We become who we are almost by accident.

on aciident

This phrase is not a standard or commonly used phrase in English.

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