solecism

Example Sentences

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There isn’t space here or time for me to list every solecism in the piece, so I will focus on some of the most egregious errors.

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