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blunder vs error #1 (permalink) Thu Jun 05, 2008 5:04 am   blunder vs error		  
You will make a terrible ......... in introducing her to your parents.

(a) blunder
(b) slip
(c) error
(d) defect

The answer is listed as "blunder": however, I would say that correct answer is "error".

According to the Visual Thesaurus: Error also means a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention.
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blunder vs error #2 (permalink) Thu Jun 05, 2008 10:54 am   blunder vs error		  
Both "blunder" and "error" would be correct in that sentence.
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blunder vs error #3 (permalink) Thu Jun 05, 2008 11:14 am   blunder vs error		  
Interesting that the BNC gives 4 per 1 million words for "terrible blunder" and for "terrible error".

I agree with Jamie, either word is fine there.

So, this page is wrong:

http://diendan.dethi.com/archive/index.php/t-2046.html
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blunder vs error #4 (permalink) Thu Jun 05, 2008 13:05 pm   blunder vs error		  
Hi, LLewellyn

I guess the test creator made a terrible error (or blunder) while compiling the test Wink
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blunder vs error #5 (permalink) Thu Jun 05, 2008 13:53 pm   blunder vs error		  
Doesn't 'terrible mistake' sound more natural?
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blunder vs error #6 (permalink) Thu Jun 05, 2008 13:57 pm   blunder vs error		  
daemon99 wrote:
Doesn't 'terrible mistake' sound more natural?

Yes.
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blunder vs error #7 (permalink) Thu Jun 05, 2008 15:29 pm   blunder vs error		  
daemon99 wrote:
Doesn't 'terrible mistake' sound more natural?
I agree that 'terrible mistake' would be a much more commonly used collocation.
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blunder vs error #8 (permalink) Thu Jun 05, 2008 16:48 pm   blunder vs error		  
Yankee wrote:
I agree that 'terrible mistake' would be a much more commonly used collocation.
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It would:

TERRIBLE MISTAKE 322
TERRIBLE BLUNDER 7
TERRIBLE ERROR 4

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blunder vs error #9 (permalink) Thu Jun 05, 2008 16:54 pm   blunder vs error		  
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Not quite sure why you included search results for 'terrible burden'. Did you mean to write/search for 'terrible blunder'?
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blunder vs error #10 (permalink) Thu Jun 05, 2008 16:54 pm   blunder vs error		  
Molly wrote:
It would:

TERRIBLE BURDEN 54

http://www.americancorpus.org/

Terrible burden ??? Shocked What burdens you, Molly ? Wink
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blunder vs error #11 (permalink) Thu Jun 05, 2008 16:56 pm   blunder vs error		  
Yankee wrote:
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Not quite sure why you included search results for 'terrible burden'. Did you mean to write/search for 'terrible blunder'?
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I was listening to Eric Burden at that mo'. Laughing
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blunder vs error #12 (permalink) Thu Jun 05, 2008 16:59 pm   blunder vs error		  
Quote:
What burdens you, Molly ?

My as*. Razz
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blunder vs error #13 (permalink) Thu Jun 05, 2008 19:14 pm   blunder vs error		  
lost_soul wrote:
Hi, LLewellyn

I guess the test creator made a terrible error (or blunder) while compiling the test Wink
As for me, I wonder whether that site has become partners with this site. Laughing
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