As adjectives the difference between incorrect and hypercorrect
is that
incorrect is not correct; erroneous or wrong while
hypercorrect is (grammar) 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.
Other Comparisons: What's the difference?
incorrect English
Adjective
( en adjective)
Not correct; erroneous or wrong.
* He gave an incorrect answer to a simple question
Faulty or defective.
* The PC crashed due to incorrect programming
Inappropriate or improper.
* He was sacked because of his incorrect behaviour towards his secretary
Antonyms
* correct
* right
* proper
Derived terms
* incorrectly
* incorrectness
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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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