factual error
collocation in Englishmeaningsoffactualanderror
These words are often used together. Click on the links below to explore the meanings. Or,see other collocations witherror.
factual
adjective
uk/ˈfæk.tʃu.əl/us/ˈfæk.tʃu.əl/
using or consisting ...
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error
noun[C or U]
uk/ˈer.ər/us/ˈer.ɚ/
a ...
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(Definition offactualanderrorfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesoffactual error
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Every scene was commented on, everyfactualerrorwas noted and corrected, a bit too loudly.
From theCambridge English Corpus
One minorfactualerrormay be mentioned.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Our opposition to point 159 is due solely to the fact that it contains afactualerror.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
It starts with afactualerrorthat there is cross-subsidisation from other businesses to finance price cutting.
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He proposed accepting restriction in cases of libel, breach of confidentiality orfactualerror.
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You have corrected thefactualerror; the political error can be corrected by voting it down.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
All this impassioned rhetoric and moral indignation starts from afactualerror.
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It would be unfortunate iffactualerrorwere to creep into this debate.
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Allow me to express my surprise that so many serious and respectable people, like those who have added their comments, are infactualerror.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
I spotted in it only onefactualerror.
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It is afactualerror.
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I apologise for thatfactualerror.
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Will she confirm that the only reasonable ground for refusal to allow publication would be if the research breaches confidentiality, commits libel or containsfactualerror?
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That would he the case if he had been advised that the document was defamatory or in breach of copyright or if it contained a majorfactualerror.
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Unfortunately, such discussions are all too often been sic afflicted by misconceptions andfactualerrorand focus on comparisons that are unrepresentative.
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Wikipedia
They are sometimes seen as part of a group of leopards, which is afactualerror, as leopards never hunt in packs.
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Wikipedia
Typographical or factual errors only may be changed at the proof stage.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Typographical or factual errors only may be changed at proof stage.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Yet there are some notable omissions and factual errors.
From theCambridge English Corpus
It must be said that few of the illustrations are new, and there are some factual errors, of which two examples are readily apparent.
From theCambridge English Corpus
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