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  • verb Present participle of miswrite.

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Examples

  • I hadn't thought about miswriting an exam or test security.

    I just got two of these, from different students. Angry Professor 2008

  • And miswriting someone's name because that's the way news outlets frequently misspell it.... tasteless.

    Wikid 2006

  • So ancient an error, however, is not to be hastily set aside like the chance miswriting of a copyist.

    Sermons on Faith and Doctrine by the Late Benjamin Jowett, M.A., Master of Balliol College 1817-1893 1901

  • The Welshman, however, adds that the name in French is "Peneffresvo Galief", which, unless it be a misreading or miswriting for Perceval le Galois, is to me wholly unintelligible.

    The High History of the Holy Graal Anonymous 1869

  • What is really astonishing is that, to protect the Palestinian Authority, the Times is even willing to bash its idol, President Obama, in a flagrant miswriting of history:

    YID With LID 2010

  • If I ever said I disagree about any other aspect, I think that’s a case of either you misreading me, me “miswriting” me, or both.

    Terri Schiavo’s feeding tube may be removed today 2005

  • Up and by water to White Hall, and there to a Committee of Tangier, and had occasion to see how my Lord Ashworth -- [Lord Ashworth is probably a miswriting for Lord Ashley (afterwards Earl of Shaftesbury).] -- deports himself, which is very fine indeed, and it joys my heart to see that there is any body looks so near into the King's business as I perceive he do in this business of my Lord Peterborough's accounts.

    Diary of Samuel Pepys — Volume 29: June/July 1664 Samuel Pepys 1668

  • Tangier, and had occasion to see how my Lord Ashworth -- [Lord Ashworth is probably a miswriting for Lord Ashley (afterwards Earl of

    Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete Samuel Pepys 1668

  • Tangier, and had occasion to see how my Lord Ashworth -- [Lord Ashworth is probably a miswriting for Lord Ashley (afterwards Earl of

    Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete 1664 N.S. Samuel Pepys 1668

  • Try running that command without the extra forward slash and see if it works: mklivecd -- root =/-- tmp =/tmp --/remaster.iso. .if this solves your problem, then the problem is with my script miswriting the mklivecd options; if not, you are having problems with mklivecd which is outside the realm of this script (there have been alot of problems with some newer versions of mklivecd in combination with squashfs and certain kernels ...

    PCLinuxOS-Forums 2009

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