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"Solecism"
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impropriety
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absurdity
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idiom
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grammar
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grammatical
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An impropriety or incongruity of language in the combination of words or parts of a sentence; esp., deviation from the idiom of a language or from the rules of syntax.
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Any inconsistency, unfitness, absurdity, or impropriety, as in deeds or manners.
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a mistake of grammar or of idiom
rbjones.com
a breach of grammar or of propriety
princeton.edu
a breach of grammar or etiquette
taheny.com
a fancy term for a grammatical error
www2.hawaii.edu
In prescriptive linguistics, a solecism is a grammatical mistake or absurdity.
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ungrammatical
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blunder
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deviating
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sentence
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speech
an ungrammatical combination of words in a sentence, or a minor blunder in speech, or something deviating from the proper, normal, or accepted order
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tactless
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awkward
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socially
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act
a socially awkward or tactless act
wordnet.princeton.edu
Keywords:
substandard
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inadvertent
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slip
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usage
A substandard usage, usually an inadvertent slip.
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