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British, mr., i : what type of errors is it?



 
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British, mr., i : what type of errors is it? #1 (permalink) Tue Oct 03, 2006 12:57 pm   British, mr., i : what type of errors is it?
 

Hi

I am not too familiar with the classification of errors in English.
Of course, I know 'grammar', 'punctuation' and 'spelling' mistakes - generally,
but sometimes, doing exersise, I am begining to have my doubts :) about my general understanding of the classification.

One of those specific cases is with upper-lower letters.

english, mr. Colin, i, etc - what class/type/kind of mistakes is it in English?
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British, mr., i : what type of errors is it? #2 (permalink) Tue Oct 03, 2006 13:09 pm   British, mr., i : what type of errors is it?
 

Hi Tamara

So sorry to hear you're having your doubts about things again. ;)

I think the expression you're looking for is "capitalization mistake" (but in your neck of the woods you might want to change the spelling to "capitalisation" ;)).

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Without mercy, with no hope :) #3 (permalink) Tue Oct 03, 2006 15:03 pm   Without mercy, with no hope :)
 

Hi Amy

Yankee wrote:
So sorry to hear you're having your doubts about things again. ;)

I'm going to continue having my own 8) doubts and suspicions in plenty, now and for the future.
No hope for you to watch me placid :) :wink:

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I think the expression you're looking for is "capitaliSation mistake"
Ah!
Thank you!
(...Yes, I'd like if you don't mind :))

By the way, Amy, can I ask you another question?
When you read the expression error classification what meaning do you suppose at first:
- classification of errors, or
- classification that contains errors (erroneous?)
?
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Without mercy, with no hope :) #4 (permalink) Tue Oct 03, 2006 15:24 pm   Without mercy, with no hope :)
 

Tamara wrote:
By the way, Amy, can I ask you another question?
When you read the expression error classification what meaning do you suppose at first:
- classification of errors, or
- classification that contains errors (erroneous?)
?


I understand "the classification of the errors"

What did you want to know when you wrote: (erroneous?) :?:

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Not a question #5 (permalink) Tue Oct 03, 2006 18:23 pm   Not a question
 

Yankee wrote:
I understand "the classification of the errors"
Thank you.

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What did you want to know when you wrote: (erroneous?)
No, no, Amy, sorry... It wasn't a question to you, that’s just my own note to myself -
from my :) text file. During a day I usually make such notes for myself to ask questions later, when I'll have time to ask properly :)
This was one of them; and writing the post, I’ve just forgotten to eliminate it.
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British, mr., i : what type of errors is it? #6 (permalink) Tue Oct 03, 2006 23:04 pm   British, mr., i : what type of errors is it?
 

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You could also call them 'majuscule/minuscule' errors. The trouble is, a 'minuscule error' might just be a small one.
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British, mr., i : what type of errors is it? #7 (permalink) Wed Oct 04, 2006 7:45 am   British, mr., i : what type of errors is it?
 

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majuscule/minuscule

Thank you, Mister Micawber, for the word.
I've first read it as masculine. Early morning... :)

Mister Micawber wrote:
The trouble is, a 'minuscule error' might just be a small one.
:)

Slava, thanks a lot again for your great work, but in this thread the small letter in its name is actually important and
british was right :)

Could you rename the thread back, please?

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British, mr., i : what type of errors is it? #8 (permalink) Wed Oct 04, 2006 8:05 am   British, mr., i : what type of errors is it?
 

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I don't know whether Slava will get back to this thread, so I've fixed your title (and my typo), Tamara.
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British, mr., i : what type of errors is it? #9 (permalink) Wed Oct 04, 2006 8:51 am   British, mr., i : what type of errors is it?
 

Mister Micawber wrote:
I've fixed your title ..., Tamara.

Thank you, Mister Micawber!
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Again... #10 (permalink) Wed Oct 04, 2006 14:41 pm   Again...
 

Quote:
British
:(

...Sometimes minuscule mistakes can appear even larger than majuscule ones :)
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