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Definitions of overcorrect in various dictionaries:
To correct beyond what is needed, appropriate, or usual, especially when resulting in a mistake.
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To correct beyond what is needed, appropriate, or usual, especially when resulting in a mistake. |
To correct something to an excessive or unusual degree. |
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In linguistics or any variety of language usage, Hypercorrection is non-standard language use that results from the over-application of a perceived rule of language-usage prescription. A speaker or writer who produces a hypercorrection generally believes through a misunderstanding of these rules that the form is more correct, often combined with a desire to appear formal or educated.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. It does not occur when a speaker follows "a natural speech instinct", according to Otto Jespersen and Robert J. Menner.Hypercorrection is sometimes found among speakers of less prestigious language varieties who attempt to produce forms associated with high-prestige varieties, even in situations where speakers of those varieties would not. Some commentators call such production hyperurbanism.Hypercorrection can occur in many languages and wherever multiple languages or language varieties are in contact. |