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There are 3 words beginning with HYPERCORRECT

HYPERCORRECThypercorrect adj. (Grammar) Nonstandard because of a mistaken idea of standard usage.
hypercorrect v. (Transitive) To change (a word or phrase) to a nonstandard form in the mistaken belief that it is standard usage.
hyper-correct adj. Alternative form of hypercorrect.
HYPERCORRECTLYhypercorrectly adv. In a hypercorrect manner.
HYPERCORRECT adv. refers to a linguistic construction or pronunciation produced by mistaken analogy with standard usage out of a desire to be correct, such as "open widely" or "on behalf of my wife and I".
HYPERCORRECTIONhypercorrection n. (Linguistics) Nonstandard language use that results from the over-application of a perceived prescriptive rule.
hypercorrection n. (Linguistics) A nonstandard form so used.
HYPERCORRECTION n. a grammatical, usage or pronunciation mistake made by 'correcting' something that's right to begin with.

Scrabble words — in black are valid world wide — in RED are not valid in North America — in GREEN are valid only in North America.
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  • English Wiktionary: 15 words
  • Scrabble in French: 6 words
  • Scrabble in Spanish: no word
  • Scrabble in Italian: no word
  • Scrabble in German: no word
  • Scrabble in Romanian: no word


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