incorrect usage

collocation in English

meaningsofincorrectandusage

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incorrect
adjective
uk
/ˌɪn.kərˈekt/us
/ˌɪn.kəˈrekt/
not correct or ...
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usage
noun
uk
/ˈjuː.sɪdʒ/us
/ˈjuː.sɪdʒ/
the way a particular word in a language, or a language in general, ...
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(Definition ofincorrectandusagefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofincorrect usage

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In this study, the grammatical measure included omissions of articles, prepositions, auxiliary verbs, and contractions, andincorrectusageof word order and negatives.
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Nor, to repeat for emphasis, are we claiming that there is a correct andincorrectusageof the term 'mentoring'.
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Incorrectusageof some statistical terminology and units will send mixed messages to students amongst the intended readership.
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Where there isincorrectusage, either errors or omissions, this can be accounted for by performance limitations.
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As other "isms" have shown, adding another word to the blacklist of politicallyincorrectusage, important though that is, does not automatically change mindsets and policies, or improve people's lives.
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Vague words,incorrectusage, and syntactic errors are not counted unless they confuse or otherwise obscure the meaning of the utterance.
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Incorrectusageis becoming a serious threat to public health.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
It isincorrectusageto refer to a debtor as "requiring" redemption of the creditor, because it is the debtor who does the redeeming.
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The noun adjunct "force" is not pluralized (as in theincorrectusagejoint forces air component commander).
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With typical use first-year failure rates are considerably high, at 9%, due toincorrectusage.
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The "-ia" -suffixed form bibliophilia is sometimes considered to be anincorrectusage; the older bibliophilism is considered more correct.
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Inconsistent orincorrectusagehas been shown to result in a 21% failure rate.
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These problems can also arise fromincorrectusageof shoulder rests.
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However, this isincorrectusage.
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Their final area of concern is the development of robust systems capable of handling fragments and novel and incomplete\\incorrect usages.
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