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Fall vs Fall down - English Language Learners Stack Exchange
It means ‘suddenly go down onto the ground or towards the ground unintentionally or accidentally’. It can also mean ‘come down from a higher position’. As a verb, it is irregular. Its past form is fell and its -ed form is fallen. Fall does not need an object. *We can’t use fall down to mean ‘come down from a higher position’:
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phrase usage - by accident vs. by chance - English Language Learners ...
"By accident" does appear to add a hint that something is wrong, but it's really unclear what. I would avoid using this construct, and write something more explicit."Unbeknownst to the kidnappers, Sam already knew the name of the lake" or"The drunkard had accidentally let the name of the lake slip in their conversation the preceding night" –
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What's the difference between"give out" and"give away"?
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What does the"honest" in"honest mistake" imply?
There's no such thing as a"dishonest" mistake—something is either an accident or it isn't. Rather, the term"honest mistake" is meant to contrast with an accidentally-on-purpose mistake. For example: Two coworkers don't get along. One of them accidentally takes a drink that the other had left in the fridge.
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spelling -"accidentally" - Is"accidently" also acceptable? - English ...
True, accidentally is the correct spelling. The latter one is also accepted but I don't think it's widely accepted in formal writing. Dumbtionary (a dictionary of misspelled words) explains it: The word listed above (accidentally) is probably the correct spelling for the word that you entered (accidently).
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accidentally和incidentally的区别 - 百度知道
accidentally没有附带性.完全出乎意料 “accidentally”是“偶然”.“incidentally”是：“顺带提一下”. incidentally--（句子副词）used when adding more information to what was said before,or when you want to talk about something else you have just thought of顺便提一下 accidentally无意地
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prepositions - The usage of"against" vs."on" - English Language ...
She accidentally brushed against him as she walked by. In this context, if you replace with"on" it doesn't make sense. Brushed against someone is the act of physically touching them as you walk past, if you replace with"on" it almost means to be on top of them in some way.
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word usage - Accidently or Accidentally? - English Language Learners ...
So the regular construction would be"accidentally". On the other hand, Middle English used"accidentlych" as an adverb, and this would produce"accidently" in modern English. So the decider must be"actual use", and here it is clear from ngrams that"accidentally" is far more common. When you investigate uses of"accidently" you find that they ...
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accidently和accidentally有什么区别？ - 百度知道
accidently和accidentally有什么区别？accidently其实是错误的拼写，accidentally才是正确拼写。accidentally adv. 意外地；偶然地。accidentally 指的是意外事件偶然发生的，或者事故的结果，并非有意为之。例句：1
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"Has sat" vs"Has sit" - English Language Learners Stack Exchange
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