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Used with adjectives:
"
He made a major error on the test."
(major, great, serious, significant)
"
Caesar's fatal error was trusting Brutus."
(fatal, final)
"
I keep making careless errors today."
(careless, small, minor, insignificant)
"
She made an embarrassing error in front of her boss."
(embarrassing, unfortunate)
"
He has to learn from his past errors in business."
(past, previous)
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There are many spelling errors in this paper."
(spelling, grammatical, typing, grammar)
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That statement contains a factual error."
(factual, common)
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A random error is causing the problem."
(random, systematic, common)
"
He makes too many clerical errors."
(clerical, medical, administrative, basic)
"
The crash was the result of human error."
(human, mechanical)
Used with verbs:
"
He made many errors in the debate."
(made, committed)
"
His error caused the team to lose."
(caused)
"
This report contains many errors."
(contains, has)
"
She found an error in my paper."
(found, pointed out, caught, spotted, discovered, showed me)
"
I realized a major error on my test after I turned it in."
(realized)
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I think I fixed any major errors in my assignment."
(fixed, corrected)
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This system should help us reduce errors."
(reduce, prevent, avoid)
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She is trying not to repeat the same errors she made on the last assignment."
(repeat)
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The factual error resulted from bad research."
(resulted)
"
Her errors occurred because she was tired."
(occurred, happened)
Used with nouns:
"
We need a system that will enhance error detection."
(detection, correction)
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An error message appears every time I click this."
(message)
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There is a high error rate in the last assignment."
(rate)
