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- meaning - Mistaken as vs. mistaken for - English Language Usage . . .
I heard someone use the words mistaken as rather than mistaken for Is this correct? If it is correct then what is the difference between the two? Is it ever wrong to use mistaken as, and if so, w
- word usage - Isnt to be mistaken ambiguous? - English Language . . .
If I'm not mistaken, his name is John So if my reasoning is correct, to be mistaken has two meanings: to be mistaken for something someone (verb) to be wrong (adjective) Maybe that's why this expression confuses so many English learners Note: I've read many related topics on different sites including this one And I couldn't find a proper
- word choice - Is the phrase . . . or Im mistaken correct? - English . . .
Is the phrase " or I'm mistaken" correct? Ask Question Asked 12 years, 5 months ago Modified 12 years, 5 months ago
- Usage of Do not mistake this for that [closed]
Take the sentence Do not mistake genius for passion In this case, what has the person being spoken to mistaken: genius or passion?
- grammatical number - Is It is you who are mistaken! correct . . .
You are mistaken by the Clefting process, which extracts the focussed NP (you) to be the predicate of a dummy clause with It subject and some form of be as verb (generating It is you in this case), and then making the non-focussed rest of the original sentence into a relative clause modifying the focus NP (generating who are mistaken in this case)
- What is the formal way of saying You have got something wrong?
0 Courtesy demands that you never state that someone got something wrong You must instead point out what is right, without accusing him of having been mistaken, let alone that they have done anything wrong, which is even worse
- Dont mistake me - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Don't mistake me is perfectly grammatical, but it doesn't mean anything like "please don't interpret my words negatively" When mistake is used as a verb, it means "identify incorrectly" or "misinterpret" Thus, you can get usages such as: Don't mistake me for my sister or Don't mistake me: I'm not disagreeing with what he said, but he could have expressed himself more politely I think the
- I dont mistake or I dont make a mistake Which one is correct?
The first one might mean "If I'm not mistaken she is his fiancee" or "If I hadn't made a mistake she would be his fiancee " The would is really throwing me here
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