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Examples of solecism
solecism
The use of college in the names of colleges is sometimes superfluous or a solecism.
From the telegraph.co.uk
As gross a solecism, one might think, as a belch in the Sainte-Chapelle.
From the time.com
Still, in the solecism sweepstakes, Washington took second place to Northern California.
From the time.com
In the solecism sweepstakes, television maintained its undisputed lead.
From the time.com
It can be seen as an addition to the language rather than a solecism.
From the independent.co.uk
Usage prescriptivists consider this use of double negatives to be a solecism, and condemn it.
From the en.wikipedia.org
That solecism is in the Oxford English Dictionary and it has to be taken as an authentic form.
From the guardian.co.uk
They may point out the odd mistake, or even a grammatical solecism, but, if they miss one, who is to blame?
From the independent.co.uk
I doubt that 1 person in a 1000 would remark the solecism.
From the economist.com
- Faux pas: a socially awkward or tactless act
- In traditional prescriptive grammar, a solecism is something perceived as a grammatical mistake or absurdity, or even a simply non-standard usage. The word was originally used by the Greeks for what they perceived as mistakes in their language. ...
- Error in the use of language, especially an error concerning etiquette; In written language, the intentional use of misspelling and/or incorrect grammar to effect the vernacular of a particular dialect; Any faux pas involving a transgression against the norms of expected behavior
- A nonstandard or ungrammatical usage (eg: flammable / inflammable / non-flammable); derived from the name of a city in Cilicia where a corrupt form of Attic Greek was spoken. Also, any error, impropriety, or inconsistency. See rhetorical forms; compare neologism, compound. ...
- A mistake in the use of language; also, an offense against good manners or etiquette.
- "n. breach of grammar; a breach of etiquette" (Webster's Encyclopedia of Dictionaries 355)
- Noun - 1. a nonstandard usage or grammatical construction 2. a violation of etiquette 3. an impropriety, mistake, or incongruity
