hypercorrection

/hahy-per-kuh-rek-shuhn/US // ˌhaɪ pər kəˈrɛk ʃən //UK // (ˌhaɪpəkəˈrɛkʃən) //

矫枉过正,超纠错,过度纠错,矫枉归正

Definitions

n.名词 noun

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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.

Fear of offending the grammar police can even produce a novel type of error called a hypercorrection.