Othic vs Hypercorrect - What's the difference?
othic | hypercorrect |
(grammar) incorrect because of a mistaken idea of standard usage
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
, 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! }}
As an adjective 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.othic
Not English
Othic has no English definition. It may be misspelled.hypercorrect
English
(hypercorrection)Alternative forms
* hyper-correctAdjective
(en adjective)- 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-correctnessVerb
(en verb)citation
