error/mistake distinction

English

Noun

the error/mistake distinction

  1. (education) The distinction drawn by some language teachers between an "error" (a mistaken belief that a given usage or construction is correct; or, an incorrect use resulting from such a belief) and "a mistake" (an accidental use of a usage or construction despite knowing that it is incorrect).
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