Word: incorrection
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This statement conveys, no doubt unintentionally, an incorrect and unfortunate impression. Mr. Tapp was in no sense "shelved" on the contrary he was a most intelligent and capable man who resigned voluntarily to go into private business. I know that TIME would not want to have its statements reflect unfairly on any individual and I am, therefore, suggesting that you publish this note in justice to Mr. Tapp...
...inference, from TIME'S statement, is that there was a bargain between the parties whereby the Countess gave up custody of her son to ensure a divorce. This is wholly incorrect, and unfair both to the Count and Countess...
Maids, butlers: It is incorrect to say: "A lady has just passed out in the green bedroom, Madam." Say simply: "Mrs. Soandso" instead of "Madam...
...proof of this assumption, Professor Sorokin has done a good service in freeing the public from its incorrect conception of detective methods, gleaned from pulp magazines. His description of Holmes' methods might be opened to technical discussion, however, for Sherlock often tracked the criminal to his lair by identifying bits of fallen hair, bloodstains, and mysterious footprints...
TIME's account [April 4] of the execution of a small reddish-brown pig at San Quentin. Calif, was incorrect. The pig actually dropped unconscious, never to rise again, in twenty seconds and in all probability it was dead within a minute...