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From: Sandy Fleming <sandy at scotstext.org>
Subject: LL-L "Semantics" 2007.04.19 (03) [E]

From: "heatherrendall at tiscali.co.uk"
> Subject: LL-L "Semantics" 2007.04.18 (02) [E]
>
> Ron/Reinhard wrote:
> A "typo," as far as I know, is by origin not a "typing
> mistake" (although this would be logical) but a "typing error" -- or
> so I humply submit while bracing myself for another volley from the
> schoolmasters' and -mistresses' corner of the room.
>
> Here it comes!!!!!
>
> Mistake = slip of focus/concentration; if you were thinking about it,
> you wouldn't make it
>
> Error = a current system or belief that is thought to be correct and
> so submitted as such; one man's error may be another man's delight.

"Error" is a word I don't use in speech, only in writing. If I use it in
speech it'll be because I'm repeating something I've read.

A "mistake", to me, is something a human being makes.

A "bug" is something that goes wrong in the execution of a computer
program due to it having been programmed wrongly.

I'll use "error" in writing for either "bug" or "mistake" if I feel that
a certain amount of formality or neutrality is in order. But that's my
perception of my clients' preference, rather than my own preference.

Sandy Fleming
http://scotstext.org/

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From: Arthur Jones <arthurobin2002 at yahoo.com>
Subject: LL-L "Semantics" 2007.04.19 (03) [E]

Hi Lowlanders,

Pertaining to Heather's enlightening and lighthearted message below (and I
would that more teachers were of her school!), the Brits among us may recall
the anecdote in which the wife of an Oxford English professor returns home
ahead of schedule from her shopping trip, whereupon she discovers her
husband in bed with a graduate student.

"Henry!", she shouts, "I'm surprised!"

"No", he calmly responds, "*I'm* surprised. You're astonished."

Thuk golitha,

Arthur
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From: "heatherrendall at tiscali.co.uk "
Subject: LL-L "Semantics" 2007.04.18 (02) [E]
 ( as a teacher :
mistake = something a pupil can/should put right:
an error = something I as the teacher have to work on to get right in a
pupil
primly yours
Heather

PS

>Language learners regularly make "mistakes" before they understand the
rules.  Should those not also qualify as "errors"? <
If they consistently get it wrong = probably an error.
If they get it wrong here but right there and different over there, then
they're probably not focussed and are making mistakes.
The fewer mistakes, the more an error is in process of being corrected.
Or.................?????

•

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