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	I appreciate this discussion as I have said to many people, many times, for many years, that things are not done 'on' accident, rather, 'by' accident. So I would pose this question: Do you do things on mistake? LOL! No I do not think so. I'm sure you would say I do things 'by' mistake. Are not accidents and mistakes essentially synonymous? [Unpurposefully done] Therefore, they can only be said one way they are done "by".... more » 9 months ago	View

I appreciate this discussion as I have said to many people, many times, for many years, that things are not done 'on' accident, rather, 'by' accident. So I would pose this question: Do you do things on mistake? LOL! No I do not think so. I'm sure you would say I do things 'by' mistake. Are not accidents and mistakes essentially synonymous? [Unpurposefully done] Therefore, they can only be said one way they are done "by".... more »

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