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solecism The poor boy committed his first solecism immediately on entering by tracking mud over the Persian rug in the dining room. solecism*

Accepted Answer

(1) A grammatical mistake in speaking or writing. (2) A blunder in etiquette or proper behavior. In ancient Asia Minor (now Turkey), there was a city called Soloi where the inhabitants spoke Greek that was full of grammatical errors. So errors in grammar, and later also small errors in formal social behavior, came to be known (at least by intellectuals) as solecisms. The British magazine The Economist publishes a list of solecisms to be avoided in its prose, including the use of “try and” when you mean “try to,” “hone in on” when you mean “home in on,” and so forth. Social solecisms, such as mentioning how inferior the wine is to someone who turns out to be the hostess's sister, are more commonly called by a French name, faux pas

word	solecism
definition	(1) A grammatical mistake in speaking or writing. (2) A blunder in etiquette or proper behavior.
eg_sentence	The poor boy committed his first solecism immediately on entering by tracking mud over the Persian rug in the dining room.
explanation	In ancient Asia Minor (now Turkey), there was a city called Soloi where the inhabitants spoke Greek that was full of grammatical errors. So errors in grammar, and later also small errors in formal social behavior, came to be known (at least by intellectuals) as solecisms. The British magazine The Economist publishes a list of solecisms to be avoided in its prose, including the use of “try and” when you mean “try to,” “hone in on” when you mean “home in on,” and so forth. Social solecisms, such as mentioning how inferior the wine is to someone who turns out to be the hostess's sister, are more commonly called by a French name, faux pas
IPA	solecism*

Solecism Grammatical Called Errors Social Mistake Speaking Writing