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- word choice - Is the phrase . . . or Im mistaken correct? - English . . .
What you’re looking for is “ if I’m not mistaken,” but it's rather a cliché “ if I remember correctly” is not much better “ I believe” is a bit more honest Expressing a little doubt in these clichéd expressions actually indicates certainty: you know you’re not mistaken, and it’s a false modesty
- word usage - Isnt to be mistaken ambiguous? - English Language . . .
Mistaken can mean to be viewed incorrectly, or to view incorrectly Notice, I used the word "view" in both definitions The same word, only given a second meaning Likewise, you need only look to context clues to figure out which "version" of "mistaken" you are reading hearing speaking
- 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
- Usage of Do not mistake this for that [closed]
To corroborate what @Yosef Baskin says, the answer may well be in the title of your question: 'Do not mistake this for that'
- What is the formal way of saying You have got something wrong?
I think you might be mistaken I think it actually works goes is like this " Even if you know your manager has it wrong, it is sometimes more polite (although indirect and therefore potentially confusing) to say that you think s he might be mistaken To avoid confusion (and be a little more direct) you could also say: I'm afraid you're mistaken
- Dont mistake me - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Many times during conversation I hear the phrase Don't mistake me Is it grammatically correct when used to mean Don't take negative connotation of my word Shouldn't they say Don't take me by mist
- Whats the difference between erroneous and wrong?
(mistaken, false) My erroneous planning is to blame for our missed deadline (incorrect, false) Generally, newspapers will retract and apologize for erroneous headlines and statements (incorrect, mistaken) His erroneous statements caused me a lot of trouble and time proving that he was mistaken (incorrect, false)
- I dont mistake or I dont make a mistake Which one is correct?
To express this, we generally do not use the verb to mistake, nor the noun a mistake, but instead the adjective mistaken, meaning ‘wrong in one’s opinion or belief’ Since there is no link of hypothetical causality between the two statements (she doesn’t magically become his fiancée if your belief is correct), there is no need to use
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