TSA gave my MacBook Pro to another passenger at LAX, and now it's gone
Interestingly (to me) the author used the phrase "on accident".  I googled it and found this: <a href="http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/215/is-it-correct-to-say-on-accident-instead-of-by-accident" rel="nofollow">http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/215/is-it-correct...</a><p>As a British English speaker, this stopped me in my tracks.  I'm wondering if it had the same effect on the American English readers of this article.