common error

collocation in English

meaningsofcommonanderror

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common
adjective
uk
/ˈkɒm.ən/us
/ˈkɑː.mən/
the same in a lot of places or for a lot ...
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error
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈer.ər/us
/ˈer.ɚ/
a ...
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(Definition ofcommonanderrorfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofcommon error

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Anothercommonerrorwas the incorrect concatenation of family and given names, but this does not seem to be a particularly harmful error.
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The current study found that, when a recall error occurred, phonemic substitutions were the mostcommonerrortype.
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Thus, the mostcommonerrorto these yoo'ons consisted in reporting the number of kanas rather than the number of moras.
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Consistent with the findings from other languages, the omission of clitics was the mostcommonerror type, though the rates varied across populations.
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It is also interesting to note that the mostcommonerrorfor all groups is an adjectival response.
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Acommonerroris to propose the use of an observational design to demonstrate the efficacy of a new technology.
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The mostcommonerrorwas stimulus repetition, accounting for 59% of responses at the phoneme level and 49% of responses at the onset - rime level.
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This, in turn, invites the conclusion that, just as in typing, adjacent switches are also among the mostcommonerrorcategories in writing.
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Last, the mostcommonerrorfor the serial recall (96.01%) and repetition (93.51%) tasks was a phoneme substitution error.
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The mostcommonerrortype for both the affected and unaffected children was a mapping error in which an object or person was incorrectly described.
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At what age do thecommonerrortypes such as answering the medial question, and answering globally with a reason, disappear?
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Anothercommonerrortype that does not seem to be syntactic in nature appears in the literature.
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The assimilation-resistant glides were the product of anothercommonerrorpattern, gliding, which replaced an ambient liquid consonant with a glide.
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In this analysis, acommonerrorterm was created by pooling all interactions.
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Acommonerrorthat analysts of momentous decisions make is to assume that their foreign policy issue took center-stage and had the focused, undivided attention of the decision-makers.
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This article is a detailed, knowledgeable comparison of the two fleets, but it included two armoured cruisers that in fact had not yet been fully completed, acommonerror.
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It is acommonerrorof mankind always to assume, even when action has been taken, that somehow no action has been taken.
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