Word: incorrectness
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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TIME believes that if Original Subscriber Westman will inquire of the John Murphy Co., he will find that the manual was technically incorrect and that TIME was correct...
...comparatively recent addition to the English language, formed on the adverb "broadcast." It is an accepted rule that coined words should be inflected regularly and, in this case, "broadcasted" would be the regular past tense of a weak verb. "Broadcast" as the past tense is, then, technically incorrect...
Prof. Wenley is quite right. TIME regrets the misplaced qualifier and the incorrect spelling...
...Junto is an incorrect form of Junta, which means properly a legislative assembly or council. Here junto connotes a military clique exercising the functions of government. This difference in meaning is usually implied by the respective uses of the two words...
...chaos stares Germany in the face, if she reject the Dawes plan, its ultimate passage is certain. This was recognized by moderates of all Parties. The torrent of editorials in the American press to the effect that the election was to test the Republican sentiment of the country is incorrect. The big issue was financial reconstruction. The Extreme Monarchists were perhaps the only members of parties committed to overthrowing the Republic, and they were in the minority...