Solecism

A grammatical mistake or an ungramatical usage; breaching good etiquette or manners; in general some sort of error or mistake

Luke Kennard

Luke Kennard

@lukekennard.bsky.social

Sometimes I worry that people are getting the words perpetuated and perpetrated mixed up but their point *just* about stands either way so they’ll never realise - Nice solecism you just perpetrated sure would be a shame if someone perpetuated it.

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Theodora Ward

Theodora Ward

@theodoraward.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy

https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/education/article316009998.html now that im in my Pedant Era, i would like to observe the fact that the tweet they quote from some conservative activist ludicrously named “margo ackiss” contains not merely one solecism, which they toss a [sic], but at […]

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Brian Phillips

Brian Phillips

@brianphillips.lol

I deleted a post because it had contained a solecism, a tiny one, nothing that confused the meaning of the sentence, and since then I've been too demoralized to rewrite it. This is how I will ultimately prevail over the AI industry, the global oligarchy, and Donald Trump

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