error/mistake distinction

noun

Definitions

  1. The distinction drawn by some language teachers between an "error" (a mistaken belief…

    The distinction drawn by some language teachers between an "error" (a mistaken belief that a given usage or construction is correct; or, an incorrect use resulting from such a belief) and "a mistake" (an accidental use of a usage or construction despite knowing that it is incorrect).

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for error/mistake distinction. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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