solecism
Example Sentences
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That said, it’s perhaps worthwhile to have a one-stop shop for all these solecisms, if only for the purpose of debunking them en masse.
From Los Angeles Times
Politicians of all stripes have used opponents’ solecisms to question their intelligence since time immemorial.
From Seattle Times
Search online and you will not find an image of Prince Philip committing a style solecism.
From New York Times
The text is garnished liberally with “sic”s and symbols, typos and solecisms, spellings inconsistent and incoherent.
From Washington Post
For all the dash and raciness of his English, he has a way of lapsing into solecisms, some of which are rather astonishing in view of his general sophistication.
From The New Yorker
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