hypercorrection 的定义
Linguistics.
- the substitution, in an inappropriate context, of a pronunciation, grammatical form, or usage thought by the speaker or writer to be appropriate, resulting usually from overgeneralizing in an effort to replace seemingly incorrect forms with correct ones, as the substitution of between you and I for between you and me, by analogy with you and I as the subject of a sentence.
- the form so substituted.
更多hypercorrection例句
- Fear of offending the grammar police can even produce a novel type of error called a hypercorrection.