| 单词 | hypercorrection |
| 释义 | hypercorrection[ hahy-per-kuh-rek-shuhn ] / ˌhaɪ pər kəˈrɛk ʃən / noun Linguistics.the substitution, in an inappropriate context, of a pronunciation, grammatical form, or usage thought by the speaker or writer to be appropriate, resulting usually from overgeneralizing in an effort to replace seemingly incorrect forms with correct ones, as the substitution of between you and I for between you and me, by analogy with you and I as the subject of a sentence. the form so substituted. Compare hyperform, hyperurbanism. Origin of hypercorrectionFirst recorded in 1930–35; hyper- + correction Words nearby hypercorrectionhyperchromic anemia, hyperchylia, hyperchylomicronemia, hyperconscious, hypercorrect, hypercorrection, hypercortisolism, hypercritic, hypercritical, hypercriticism, hypercryesthesia Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for hypercorrection
British Dictionary definitions for hypercorrectionhypercorrection / (ˌhaɪpəkəˈrɛkʃən) / nouna mistaken correction to text or speech made through a desire to avoid nonstandard pronunciation or grammar``between you and I'' is a hypercorrection of ``between you and me'' Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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