Talk:incorrect

RFV discussion: April 2022

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incorrect

Rfv-sense "(rare) To make something that was right become wrong; to add error to." All I can find are scannos and cases of "incorrected" to mean "uncorrected" i.e. "not corrected". — SURJECTION ^{/ T / C / L /} 15:44, 25 April 2022 (UTC)

I can find "someone who 'incorrects my English'", but this would be either archaic, obsolete, rare, or even nonstandard. 176.88.85.16 15:52, 25 April 2022 (UTC)

Did a search for "incorrected" on Usenet, bust most results are people mistakenly using the word in place of "incorrect". Binarystep (talk) 03:29, 26 April 2022 (UTC)

See Citations:incorrecting. 176.88.85.16 06:34, 26 April 2022 (UTC)

That poor quality citation is probably the best we can do, the best I could find is the following [1] but this seems to be mistakenly using incorrected when it should say incorrect, rather than using it to mean made incorrect. I can’t see this passing. Overlordnat1 (talk) 13:11, 26 April 2022 (UTC)

I don't think that your citation is mistake. However, the word "incorrected" in your citation means "added an error" rather than "not corrected". 176.88.85.16 13:51, 26 April 2022 (UTC)

Perhaps, it’s too poorly worded for me to be sure. The mathematics isn’t difficult, the author is saying that 24 terms should be summed instead of 25, but it’s weirdly worded. The citation for incorrecting makes even less sense semantically though and is an uncheckable snippet view containing the scanno ‘develoption’. We have at best found one citable use so far of a form of the alleged verb incorrect being used. Overlordnat1 (talk) 14:17, 26 April 2022 (UTC)

The citation is an artifact from gluing incorrect in one column of text to another speaker’s -ing in another column of text. Incorrecting the decolumnization results in:

(Mr. Davis Casey speaking:)

As I understand the posi-

tion, the honorable gentleman is incorrect

in believing that Australia sought permission

for Royal Australian Air Force aircraft to land in Indonesian territory.

(Mr Davidson speaking:)

Therefore, the department is, in

common parlance, flat out in attempting to

get ahead of the demand that it sees develop-

ing in the various areas. I am satisfied that

the department is expending...

 --Lambiam 14:29, 27 April 2022 (UTC)

Great analysis. You must’ve found this link:-[2] (on pages 315 and 316). Overlordnat1 (talk) 20:16, 27 April 2022 (UTC)

(Note: I blocked this user today for having created large numbers of rubbishy entries based on obvious scannos of this sort. I think they've used several IPs over many months.) Equinox ◑ 23:16, 27 April 2022 (UTC)