Chris Croughton wrote:
> On Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:29:52 +0200, jpll
> <jpll@free.erase.fr> wrote:
>
>> jpll wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>> Is "mistaken" weird? If not, how can it be used? (1 or 2 short
>>> examples) Thanks to all.
>> Many thanks, both of you and for the good laugh I've had reading
>> Loki's example.I was nearly 100% sure it wasn't "weird" even if my
>> Boss,[rule #1: the boss is always right] told me: "you can't use
>> mistaken -to mistake- doesn't exist!" ???? ;)
>
> Do you mean that he thinks the verb "to mistake" does not exist? If
> so, tell him to look in a dictionary of the English language (or even
> American). It is present as a noun ("I made a mistake"), a verb ("You
> can mistake one person for another"; "I was mistaken when I thought
> the word did not exist"; "It's easy to mistake a dove for a pigeon"),
> or an adjective ("A clear case of mistaken identity").
>
And if I'm not mistaken, that puts jpll's boss sin his/her place. Make
no mistake about *that*.
--
John Dean
Oxford
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