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Recognizing and Correcting Errors: Avoiding Confusion in Language Usage

Learn about common errors such as faulty adjectives or adverbs in language usage to prevent misunderstandings and improve communication. Explore words like blunder, erroneous, fallible, and more to navigate language pitfalls effectively.

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Recognizing and Correcting Errors: Avoiding Confusion in Language Usage

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  1. Lesson #12 Pre-AP Error and Confusion

  2. Amiss Adjective Wrong; faulty; out of proper order Adverb In a bad, defective, or improper way

  3. bewilderment • Noun • The state of being puzzled or confused

  4. Blunder • Noun • A foolish or careless mistake • Verb • To move in a clumsy way

  5. Erroneous • Adjective • Wrong; mistaken; false

  6. Fallible • Adjective • Able to be mistaken, wrong or in error

  7. Faux pas • Noun • A minor social error that may cause embarrassment

  8. Flustered • Adjective • Nervous and confused

  9. Noun • An error in math or in estimation • A bad judgment

  10. Misinterpret • Verb • To understand incorrectly

  11. predicament • Noun • A difficult or unpleasant situation

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