miscorrection

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Looks to me akin to a double negative, or a hasty miscorrection. "who wrote on leaving a kindly note" and "who on leaving left a kindly note" both work.

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  • Looks to me akin to a double negative, or a hasty miscorrection. "who wrote on leaving a kindly note" and "who on leaving left a kindly note" both work. —  Language Log
  • Walter Scott was called in council, and offered one miscorrection which still blots the page. —  Records of a Family of Engineers
 

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