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hypercorrection [Am ˌhaɪpərkəˈrɛkʃən, Brit hʌɪpəkəˈrɛkʃ(ə)n] N U or C
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Inadvertently, hypercorrection may index a speaker as belonging to the very social class or societal group that led to the linguistic insecurity.
en.wikipedia.org This often leads to hypercorrection, with lostas choosing the "le" pronoun even for direct objects as a form of lesmo.
en.wikipedia.org This decreolization process typically brings about a post-creole speech continuum characterized by large scale variation and hypercorrection in the language.
en.wikipedia.org This hypercorrection of "was" to "were" can also occur in cases where "if" does not express a condition, but serves as an alternative to "whether" in indirect questions.
en.wikipedia.org Linguistic hypercorrection occurs when a real or imagined grammatical rule is applied in an inappropriate context, so that an attempt to be correct leads to an incorrect result.
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