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HUBLOT Posted 14 years ago
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Accidently
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Maureen Rice, 59, accidently dropped her black leather pocketbook stuffed with $2,300 on the B61bus earlier this month while struggling to carry bags of holiday gifts.
Would accidently be a misspelling of "accidentally"?
Maureen Rice, 59, accidently dropped her black leather pocketbook stuffed with $2,300 on the B61bus earlier this month while struggling to carry bags of holiday gifts.
Would accidently be a misspelling of "accidentally"?
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Surprisingly, the dictionary lists it as a variant spelling. I suggest that it has been accepted now because so many native speakers pronounce the word (and would consequently write it) as 4 syllables instead of five.
- Surprisingly, the dictionary lists it as a variant spelling.
- I suggest that it has been accepted now because so many native speakers pronounce the word (and would consequently write it) as 4 syllables instead of five.
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Surprisingly, the dictionary lists it as a variant spelling. I suggest that it has been accepted now because so many native speakers pronounce the word (and would consequently write it) as 4 syllables instead of five.
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