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The computer programmer in me says both are valid: "on accident" is a pre-prepared behavior that will be employed when an accident occurs in the future. "by a
by gilgoomesh 11y ago
The computer programmer in me says both are valid:
"on accident" is a pre-prepared behavior that will be employed when an accident occurs in the future.
"by accident" is metadata accompanying an event, reporting the author or agent that created the event.
- efaref 11y agoIt sounds like old-style BASIC exception handling. ON ACCIDENT GOTO EMERGENCYROOM
- TeMPOraL 11y agoOr modern JavaScript event handling. Button.onAccident(function() { ... });
- twcooper 11y agoIn the first case, it would be more clear to say "upon accident."
- unfamiliar 11y agoExcept that's not how it is used, it is used in place of "by accident." "I knocked over the glass on accident."