Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A false or erroneous correction.
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- noun An
erroneous correction ; a mistake in correcting a previous mistake.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Walter Scott was called in council, and offered one miscorrection which still blots the page.
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Walter Scott was called in council, and offered one miscorrection which still blots the page.
Records of a Family of Engineers Robert Louis Stevenson 1872
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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 2008
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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 2008
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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 2008
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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 2008
mialuthien commented on the word miscorrection
See Linguists and word-formation.
July 22, 2008