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  2. Typographical error - Wikipedia

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    The Wicked Bible The Judas Bible in St. Mary's Church, Totnes, Devon, UK. The Wicked Bible omits the word "not" in the commandment, "thou shalt not commit adultery".. The Judas Bible is a copy of the second folio edition of the authorized version, printed by Robert Barker, printer to James VI and I, in 1613, and given to the church for the use of the Mayor of Totnes.

  3. Bible errata - Wikipedia

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    One reviewer called this particular edition "a Baskett full of errors" due the abundance of typographical errors. One copy sold for $5,000 in 2008. [27] "The Fools Bible", from 1763: Psalm 14:1 [28] reads "the fool hath said in his heart there is a God", rather than "there is no God". The printers were fined £3,000 and all copies ordered ...

  4. Haplography - Wikipedia

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    For example, misspell is often misspelled as mispell. The etymology of the word misspell is the affix "mis-" plus the root "spell", their bound morpheme has two consecutive ss, one of which is often erroneously omitted. The reverse phenomenon, in which a copyist inadvertently repeats a portion of text, is known as dittography.

  5. Wikipedia:Lists of common misspellings - Wikipedia

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    The lists of common spelling mistakes linked below are used to correct typographical errors throughout Wikipedia. Each entry lists a typo, followed by the correct spelling in parentheses; clicking on the typo will search for it throughout Wikipedia. See Wikipedia:Typo for information on and coordination of spellchecking work.

  6. Erratum - Wikipedia

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    An errata sheet is definitely not a usual part of a book. It should never be supplied to correct simple typographical errors (which may be rectified in a later printing) or to insert additions to, or revisions of, the printed text (which should wait for the next edition of the book). It is a device to be used only in extreme cases where errors ...

  7. Correction (newspaper) - Wikipedia

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    Most newspaper errors are relatively minor, but even mere typos or atomic typos can adversely affect a story, such as: Names – Names misspelled, someone was misidentified (e.g., in a photograph), their professional title was incorrect. Numbers – e.g., "the lawsuit was for $8 million, not $8 billion".

  8. Beyond Language - Wikipedia

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    For example, Problem 94 challenges the reader to trace the origin of the word FEAMYNG, a purported collective noun for ferrets. Borgmann's solution, which spans four pages, shows the term to be a ghost word ; it was the result of a centuries-long chain of typographical errors (from BUSYNESS to BESYNESS to FESYNES to FESNYNG to FEAMYNG ...

  9. Muphry's law - Wikipedia

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    Stephen J. Dubner described learning of the existence of Muphry's law in the "Freakonomics" section of The New York Times in July 2008. He had accused The Economist of a typo in referring to Cornish pasties being on sale in Mexico, assuming that "pastries" had been intended and being familiar only with the word "pasties" with the meaning of nipple coverings.