In a sentence
Six example sentences with solecism, each labelled with its topic.
One solecism in the opening paragraph, a plural verb after a singular subject, cost the manuscript its serious reading.
Literature
Arriving without a name card was a solecism his hosts forgave, though nobody in the room let it pass unnoticed.
Business
The envoy's solecism at dinner, addressing the queen before his host, filled two columns in the following morning's papers.
Politics
A single solecism in the contract, a dangling clause that modified the wrong party, kept three lawyers busy for a week.
Law
Wearing shoes past the threshold was a solecism our host quietly forgave, though she set slippers by the door the next day.
Travel
The error message carried a solecism, 'less items', that drew more complaints than the bug it was describing.
Technology
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