Hypercorrect is a derived term of hypercorrectness.
As a noun hypercorrectness
is the state or condition of being hypercorrect.
As an adjective hypercorrect is
incorrect because of a mistaken idea of standard usage.
As a verb hypercorrect is
to change (a word or phrase) to an incorrect form in the mistaken belief that it is standard usage.
hypercorrectness English
Noun
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The state or condition of being hypercorrect.
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hypercorrect English
(hypercorrection)
Alternative forms
* hyper-correct
Adjective
( en adjective)
(grammar) incorrect because of a mistaken idea of standard usage
- The often exaggerated addition of /h/ before words like "out" in written Cockney is a hypercorrect affectation.
Derived terms
* hypercorrection, hyper-correction
* hypercorrective, hyper-corrective
* hypercorrectness, hyper-correctness
Verb
( en verb)
To change (a word or phrase) to an incorrect form in the mistaken belief that it is standard usage.
* {{quote-news, year=2007, date=October 28, author=William Safire, title=And Now This, work=New York Times citation
, passage=I use reduplicate to mean redouble, though both words should mean quadruple, but English is funny that way, so hold off on the hypercorrecting gotcha! }}
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