“Coffee, the favorite drink of the civilized world.” – Thomas Jefferson, third president of the United States
HYPERCORRECT
Etymology
Adjective
hypercorrect (comparative more hypercorrect, superlative most hypercorrect)
(grammar) nonstandard because of a mistaken idea of standard usage
Verb
hypercorrect (third-person singular simple present hypercorrects, present participle hypercorrecting, simple past and past participle hypercorrected)
(transitive) To change (a word or phrase) to an nonstandard form in the mistaken belief that it is standard usage.
Source: Wiktionary
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