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how can I tell corrupt and damaged; wrong and erroneous



 
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how can I tell corrupt and damaged; wrong and erroneous #1 (permalink) Fri Aug 08, 2008 3:35 am   how can I tell corrupt and damaged; wrong and erroneous
 

here is the sentence: Corrupt and erroneous aeronautical information/data can potentially affect the safety of air navigation.

can I use damaged and worng to take place of the corrupt and erroneous, if so how can I tell them , what kind of image or differences when you use them?

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how can I tell corrupt and damaged; wrong and erroneous #2 (permalink) Fri Aug 08, 2008 6:27 am   how can I tell corrupt and damaged; wrong and erroneous
 

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I would not change the wording. Corrupt and erroneous are the best choices here.

Corrupt means 'made inferior by...alterations, as a text; tainted.'
Erroneous means 'not true, correct, or right'.
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