Daily life
by mistake
accidentally
If you do something by mistake, you do it accidentally and not because you intended to.
Hear it in real life
Why did you delete the photo?
I pressed the wrong button by mistake.
I sent the message to my manager by mistake.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: I opened the wrong file on mistake.
Say: I opened the wrong file by mistake.
The fixed phrase is “by mistake,” not “on mistake.”
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
do something by mistake; take something by mistake
Your turn: say it out loud
I sent the message to my manager by mistake.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
by mistake
accidentally
“I sent the message to my manager by mistake.”
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