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This article given no logical explanation for why "on accident" shouldn't work. What is the structural difference between it and "on purpose"? I don't see one. Simply claiming that it's different because it's different is no explanation at all.

English prepositions are weird. Why "on a bus"? We ride in a bus, not on it. Using "on" to relate an action to an accident makes no less sense than using "by" or "though". If you're going to write an article chastising people for using the wrong preposition, offer something more substantial as a reason than "because I said so." 

2 years ago

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