typing error

collocation in English

meaningsoftypinganderror

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typing
noun[U]
uk
/ˈtaɪ.pɪŋ/us
/ˈtaɪ.pɪŋ/
using a computer keyboard or a typewriter to produce documents ...
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error
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈer.ər/us
/ˈer.ɚ/
a ...
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(Definition oftypinganderrorfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Thus, atypingerrorthat could have been subsequently detected by a spelling-checker may be replaced by a real-word error that can't be.
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The importance of a non-zero value for thetypingerrorrate in the likelihood is highlighted.
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A miscalculation, atypingerror, sloppy work on the design board can cost industry dear.
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In fact, it was atypingerroror misprint.
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I even wondered whether that was atypingerror.
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I would like to know whether thetypingerror, which is actually binding, has since been corrected.
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The error, which is regretted, was atypingerrorwhich occurred during the preparation for publication of the instrument in question.
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The second matter—it may involve atypingerror—concerns nitrates.
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I am not sure whether it was a spelling mistake or atypingerror.
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It cannot be right to base a report's conclusion, even in part, on atypingerrorand not issue an amended report.
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Thus, if there were atypingerror, the probation officer concerned would have to appear in court.
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I am afraid it is atypingerror.
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Sadly, there is atypingerrorin the group of amendments which alters the meaning of one of the new clauses.
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As a result of atypingerror, local authority officials who are already overstrained may be doing something that is wrong.
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I assume that it is atypingerror.
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That reference to 30 per cent is not atypingerrorin my speech.
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Even atypingerrormay lose an authority many thousands of pounds.
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When my wife queried the £6, she was informed that it was atypingerrorand should not have been in our account.
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Section 44 deals with appeals, and it is only when thetypingerroris taken note of that the new clause makes sense.
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It is not atypingerror.
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