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What is the noun for solecism?

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solecism
  1. An erroneous or improper usage.
  2. (grammar) Error in the use of language.
  3. A faux pas or breach of etiquette; a transgression against the norms of expected behavior.
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  5. Examples:
    1. “We also learn that the magnanimity hinted at in the sandlot baseball incident - when Anders is delighted rather than angered by the solecism spoken by Coyle's cousin - was alive and well in Anders as a young adult.”
      “But he never brooked any solecism in behaviour inside his courtroom.”
      “Incidentally, the hyphen in Goose-Pimples is a solecism, but we'll never know whether it was written by Leigh or improvised by his cast.”
solecisms
  1. plural of solecism
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  3. Examples:
    1. “I've revised this post to clear up solecisms and misspellings, and added one link for clarity.”
      “However this argument leads to the flourishing of solecisms and general language degradation.”
      “It is only after close study that apparent solecisms can be interpreted as the keystones of a highly conscious literary construct.”
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