Hypercorrect Usage
Hypercorrection is not peculiar to English. It can occur wherever multiple languages or language varieties are in contact.
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Famous quotes containing the word usage:
“I am using it [the word ‘perceive’] here in such a way that to say of an object that it is perceived does not entail saying that it exists in any sense at all. And this is a perfectly correct and familiar usage of the word.”
—A.J. (Alfred Jules)