Word/phrase for copying down incorrectly
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I'm looking for a word or phrase to describe when someone copies something down incorrectly.
Specifically, the situation I am thinking about is when someone is solving a problem (using pencil and paper), and in one step, they incorrectly copy an equation or expression from their previous step:
Joe Smith got 1 point off on his math homework for a ____ [error] when
he accidentally changed a 7 to a 1.
I originally arrived at the phrase "typographical error", however when I looked this up it seemed to only apply in the case of printing or typing (as in using a keyboard or typewriter), and does not seem to apply when writing with pencil, nor does it quite convey an issue with copying from a previous step.
Is there a more appropriate phrase that I can use?
EDIT: I'm specifically looking for a noun (or noun phrase) that can be used in the same way that "typographical error" is used.
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I'm looking for a word or phrase to describe when someone copies something down incorrectly.
Specifically, the situation I am thinking about is when someone is solving a problem (using pencil and paper), and in one step, they incorrectly copy an equation or expression from their previous step:
Joe Smith got 1 point off on his math homework for a ____ [error] when
he accidentally changed a 7 to a 1.
I originally arrived at the phrase "typographical error", however when I looked this up it seemed to only apply in the case of printing or typing (as in using a keyboard or typewriter), and does not seem to apply when writing with pencil, nor does it quite convey an issue with copying from a previous step.
Is there a more appropriate phrase that I can use?
EDIT: I'm specifically looking for a noun (or noun phrase) that can be used in the same way that "typographical error" is used.
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I generally use "tupo". Alas, few people know what "finger check" means anymore.
– Hot Licks
yesterday
You might reconsider what the student was really marked down for. Presumably, the error led to an incorrect final answer, and that was why s/he lost a point. Or rather, the teacher must have recognised that but for this silly slip, s/he would have got it right and decided only to take one mark off.
– Tuffy
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I'm looking for a word or phrase to describe when someone copies something down incorrectly.
Specifically, the situation I am thinking about is when someone is solving a problem (using pencil and paper), and in one step, they incorrectly copy an equation or expression from their previous step:
Joe Smith got 1 point off on his math homework for a ____ [error] when
he accidentally changed a 7 to a 1.
I originally arrived at the phrase "typographical error", however when I looked this up it seemed to only apply in the case of printing or typing (as in using a keyboard or typewriter), and does not seem to apply when writing with pencil, nor does it quite convey an issue with copying from a previous step.
Is there a more appropriate phrase that I can use?
EDIT: I'm specifically looking for a noun (or noun phrase) that can be used in the same way that "typographical error" is used.
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I'm looking for a word or phrase to describe when someone copies something down incorrectly.
Specifically, the situation I am thinking about is when someone is solving a problem (using pencil and paper), and in one step, they incorrectly copy an equation or expression from their previous step:
Joe Smith got 1 point off on his math homework for a ____ [error] when
he accidentally changed a 7 to a 1.
I originally arrived at the phrase "typographical error", however when I looked this up it seemed to only apply in the case of printing or typing (as in using a keyboard or typewriter), and does not seem to apply when writing with pencil, nor does it quite convey an issue with copying from a previous step.
Is there a more appropriate phrase that I can use?
EDIT: I'm specifically looking for a noun (or noun phrase) that can be used in the same way that "typographical error" is used.
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I generally use "tupo". Alas, few people know what "finger check" means anymore.
– Hot Licks
yesterday
You might reconsider what the student was really marked down for. Presumably, the error led to an incorrect final answer, and that was why s/he lost a point. Or rather, the teacher must have recognised that but for this silly slip, s/he would have got it right and decided only to take one mark off.
– Tuffy
yesterday
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I generally use "tupo". Alas, few people know what "finger check" means anymore.
– Hot Licks
yesterday
You might reconsider what the student was really marked down for. Presumably, the error led to an incorrect final answer, and that was why s/he lost a point. Or rather, the teacher must have recognised that but for this silly slip, s/he would have got it right and decided only to take one mark off.
– Tuffy
yesterday
I generally use "tupo". Alas, few people know what "finger check" means anymore.
– Hot Licks
yesterday
I generally use "tupo". Alas, few people know what "finger check" means anymore.
– Hot Licks
yesterday
You might reconsider what the student was really marked down for. Presumably, the error led to an incorrect final answer, and that was why s/he lost a point. Or rather, the teacher must have recognised that but for this silly slip, s/he would have got it right and decided only to take one mark off.
– Tuffy
yesterday
You might reconsider what the student was really marked down for. Presumably, the error led to an incorrect final answer, and that was why s/he lost a point. Or rather, the teacher must have recognised that but for this silly slip, s/he would have got it right and decided only to take one mark off.
– Tuffy
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I immediately thought of typo but that doesn't include the possibility that Joe incorrectly believed it was a 1 that he saw—and so deliberately recorded it as such.
A more appropriate word is mistranscription.
[Merriam-Webster]
: a mistake in transcription : an incorrect copy
// an unlikely word that was probably a mistranscription
And from Merriam-Webster's definition of transcribe itself:
1 a : to make a written copy of
b : to make a copy of (dictated or recorded matter) in longhand or on a machine (such as a typewriter)
c : to paraphrase or summarize in writing
d : write down, record
I think this is as close as it will get! Thanks!
– Daniel Hathcock
yesterday
'miscopy' is also a word, but it looks weird.
– AmI
22 hours ago
Transcription is not copying down.
– Kris
19 hours ago
I would say "... for a transcription error ...".
– Hot Licks
14 hours ago
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You can use miscopy:
to copy incorrectly:
- to miscopy an address.
(Dictionary.com)
Miscopy is also a noun meaning: an incorrect copy
From A Companion to Paleopathology 2016:
It might have been a genuine word of the time, or a miscopy of the manuscript due to scruffy handwriting.
From The Greig-Duncan folk song collection :
"Heary peary" at 1 1 .3 is probably a miscopy of "Heavy heavy".
and from
Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico:
The designation of this mission as “Purísima Concepción de los Asinais'' came from a miscopy of the word “ Ainai'' in Mem. de Nueva España, xxv II, fol. 163
I think miscopy comes close to what I am looking for, but it seems to make more sense as a verb in this context. I would prefer a noun that can be used like "typographical error". Thanks for the help!
– Daniel Hathcock
yesterday
It is a verb, not a noun.
– Kris
19 hours ago
@Kris Miscopy: noun, plural miscopies. an incorrect copy. dictionary.com/browse/miscopy
– user240918
19 hours ago
@Kris - you donwvoted because you didn’t know it was also a noun?
– user240918
19 hours ago
You had a down vote? Btw, what's stated in the answer above is nothing about a noun.
– Kris
19 hours ago
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(a) miscopying (of s.t.)
Censorinus wrote that Aristarchus of Samos reckoned a Great Year of 2484 years: it has been argued that this is a miscopying of 2434, which represents 45 Exeligmos cycles. (emphasis mine)
"Great Year -- Description", WP
"(A) miscopying (of s.t.)" is already in regular use in genetics.
Joe Smith got 1 point off on his math homework for a miscopying when he accidentally changed a 7 to a 1.
I'd have loved miscopyment but it seems it's only the copyright attorneys who use the term copyment.
Writer hereby specifically reserves to herself those parts of the copyment that do not concem musical compositions or parts of musical compositions written by the songwriter … (emphasis mine)
("Hastings communications and entertainment law journal, XVIII, p.151," GoogleBooks)
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3 Answers
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active
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I immediately thought of typo but that doesn't include the possibility that Joe incorrectly believed it was a 1 that he saw—and so deliberately recorded it as such.
A more appropriate word is mistranscription.
[Merriam-Webster]
: a mistake in transcription : an incorrect copy
// an unlikely word that was probably a mistranscription
And from Merriam-Webster's definition of transcribe itself:
1 a : to make a written copy of
b : to make a copy of (dictated or recorded matter) in longhand or on a machine (such as a typewriter)
c : to paraphrase or summarize in writing
d : write down, record
I think this is as close as it will get! Thanks!
– Daniel Hathcock
yesterday
'miscopy' is also a word, but it looks weird.
– AmI
22 hours ago
Transcription is not copying down.
– Kris
19 hours ago
I would say "... for a transcription error ...".
– Hot Licks
14 hours ago
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up vote
3
down vote
accepted
I immediately thought of typo but that doesn't include the possibility that Joe incorrectly believed it was a 1 that he saw—and so deliberately recorded it as such.
A more appropriate word is mistranscription.
[Merriam-Webster]
: a mistake in transcription : an incorrect copy
// an unlikely word that was probably a mistranscription
And from Merriam-Webster's definition of transcribe itself:
1 a : to make a written copy of
b : to make a copy of (dictated or recorded matter) in longhand or on a machine (such as a typewriter)
c : to paraphrase or summarize in writing
d : write down, record
I think this is as close as it will get! Thanks!
– Daniel Hathcock
yesterday
'miscopy' is also a word, but it looks weird.
– AmI
22 hours ago
Transcription is not copying down.
– Kris
19 hours ago
I would say "... for a transcription error ...".
– Hot Licks
14 hours ago
add a comment |
up vote
3
down vote
accepted
up vote
3
down vote
accepted
I immediately thought of typo but that doesn't include the possibility that Joe incorrectly believed it was a 1 that he saw—and so deliberately recorded it as such.
A more appropriate word is mistranscription.
[Merriam-Webster]
: a mistake in transcription : an incorrect copy
// an unlikely word that was probably a mistranscription
And from Merriam-Webster's definition of transcribe itself:
1 a : to make a written copy of
b : to make a copy of (dictated or recorded matter) in longhand or on a machine (such as a typewriter)
c : to paraphrase or summarize in writing
d : write down, record
I immediately thought of typo but that doesn't include the possibility that Joe incorrectly believed it was a 1 that he saw—and so deliberately recorded it as such.
A more appropriate word is mistranscription.
[Merriam-Webster]
: a mistake in transcription : an incorrect copy
// an unlikely word that was probably a mistranscription
And from Merriam-Webster's definition of transcribe itself:
1 a : to make a written copy of
b : to make a copy of (dictated or recorded matter) in longhand or on a machine (such as a typewriter)
c : to paraphrase or summarize in writing
d : write down, record
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I think this is as close as it will get! Thanks!
– Daniel Hathcock
yesterday
'miscopy' is also a word, but it looks weird.
– AmI
22 hours ago
Transcription is not copying down.
– Kris
19 hours ago
I would say "... for a transcription error ...".
– Hot Licks
14 hours ago
add a comment |
I think this is as close as it will get! Thanks!
– Daniel Hathcock
yesterday
'miscopy' is also a word, but it looks weird.
– AmI
22 hours ago
Transcription is not copying down.
– Kris
19 hours ago
I would say "... for a transcription error ...".
– Hot Licks
14 hours ago
I think this is as close as it will get! Thanks!
– Daniel Hathcock
yesterday
I think this is as close as it will get! Thanks!
– Daniel Hathcock
yesterday
'miscopy' is also a word, but it looks weird.
– AmI
22 hours ago
'miscopy' is also a word, but it looks weird.
– AmI
22 hours ago
Transcription is not copying down.
– Kris
19 hours ago
Transcription is not copying down.
– Kris
19 hours ago
I would say "... for a transcription error ...".
– Hot Licks
14 hours ago
I would say "... for a transcription error ...".
– Hot Licks
14 hours ago
add a comment |
up vote
2
down vote
You can use miscopy:
to copy incorrectly:
- to miscopy an address.
(Dictionary.com)
Miscopy is also a noun meaning: an incorrect copy
From A Companion to Paleopathology 2016:
It might have been a genuine word of the time, or a miscopy of the manuscript due to scruffy handwriting.
From The Greig-Duncan folk song collection :
"Heary peary" at 1 1 .3 is probably a miscopy of "Heavy heavy".
and from
Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico:
The designation of this mission as “Purísima Concepción de los Asinais'' came from a miscopy of the word “ Ainai'' in Mem. de Nueva España, xxv II, fol. 163
I think miscopy comes close to what I am looking for, but it seems to make more sense as a verb in this context. I would prefer a noun that can be used like "typographical error". Thanks for the help!
– Daniel Hathcock
yesterday
It is a verb, not a noun.
– Kris
19 hours ago
@Kris Miscopy: noun, plural miscopies. an incorrect copy. dictionary.com/browse/miscopy
– user240918
19 hours ago
@Kris - you donwvoted because you didn’t know it was also a noun?
– user240918
19 hours ago
You had a down vote? Btw, what's stated in the answer above is nothing about a noun.
– Kris
19 hours ago
|
show 4 more comments
up vote
2
down vote
You can use miscopy:
to copy incorrectly:
- to miscopy an address.
(Dictionary.com)
Miscopy is also a noun meaning: an incorrect copy
From A Companion to Paleopathology 2016:
It might have been a genuine word of the time, or a miscopy of the manuscript due to scruffy handwriting.
From The Greig-Duncan folk song collection :
"Heary peary" at 1 1 .3 is probably a miscopy of "Heavy heavy".
and from
Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico:
The designation of this mission as “Purísima Concepción de los Asinais'' came from a miscopy of the word “ Ainai'' in Mem. de Nueva España, xxv II, fol. 163
I think miscopy comes close to what I am looking for, but it seems to make more sense as a verb in this context. I would prefer a noun that can be used like "typographical error". Thanks for the help!
– Daniel Hathcock
yesterday
It is a verb, not a noun.
– Kris
19 hours ago
@Kris Miscopy: noun, plural miscopies. an incorrect copy. dictionary.com/browse/miscopy
– user240918
19 hours ago
@Kris - you donwvoted because you didn’t know it was also a noun?
– user240918
19 hours ago
You had a down vote? Btw, what's stated in the answer above is nothing about a noun.
– Kris
19 hours ago
|
show 4 more comments
up vote
2
down vote
up vote
2
down vote
You can use miscopy:
to copy incorrectly:
- to miscopy an address.
(Dictionary.com)
Miscopy is also a noun meaning: an incorrect copy
From A Companion to Paleopathology 2016:
It might have been a genuine word of the time, or a miscopy of the manuscript due to scruffy handwriting.
From The Greig-Duncan folk song collection :
"Heary peary" at 1 1 .3 is probably a miscopy of "Heavy heavy".
and from
Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico:
The designation of this mission as “Purísima Concepción de los Asinais'' came from a miscopy of the word “ Ainai'' in Mem. de Nueva España, xxv II, fol. 163
You can use miscopy:
to copy incorrectly:
- to miscopy an address.
(Dictionary.com)
Miscopy is also a noun meaning: an incorrect copy
From A Companion to Paleopathology 2016:
It might have been a genuine word of the time, or a miscopy of the manuscript due to scruffy handwriting.
From The Greig-Duncan folk song collection :
"Heary peary" at 1 1 .3 is probably a miscopy of "Heavy heavy".
and from
Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico:
The designation of this mission as “Purísima Concepción de los Asinais'' came from a miscopy of the word “ Ainai'' in Mem. de Nueva España, xxv II, fol. 163
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I think miscopy comes close to what I am looking for, but it seems to make more sense as a verb in this context. I would prefer a noun that can be used like "typographical error". Thanks for the help!
– Daniel Hathcock
yesterday
It is a verb, not a noun.
– Kris
19 hours ago
@Kris Miscopy: noun, plural miscopies. an incorrect copy. dictionary.com/browse/miscopy
– user240918
19 hours ago
@Kris - you donwvoted because you didn’t know it was also a noun?
– user240918
19 hours ago
You had a down vote? Btw, what's stated in the answer above is nothing about a noun.
– Kris
19 hours ago
|
show 4 more comments
I think miscopy comes close to what I am looking for, but it seems to make more sense as a verb in this context. I would prefer a noun that can be used like "typographical error". Thanks for the help!
– Daniel Hathcock
yesterday
It is a verb, not a noun.
– Kris
19 hours ago
@Kris Miscopy: noun, plural miscopies. an incorrect copy. dictionary.com/browse/miscopy
– user240918
19 hours ago
@Kris - you donwvoted because you didn’t know it was also a noun?
– user240918
19 hours ago
You had a down vote? Btw, what's stated in the answer above is nothing about a noun.
– Kris
19 hours ago
I think miscopy comes close to what I am looking for, but it seems to make more sense as a verb in this context. I would prefer a noun that can be used like "typographical error". Thanks for the help!
– Daniel Hathcock
yesterday
I think miscopy comes close to what I am looking for, but it seems to make more sense as a verb in this context. I would prefer a noun that can be used like "typographical error". Thanks for the help!
– Daniel Hathcock
yesterday
It is a verb, not a noun.
– Kris
19 hours ago
It is a verb, not a noun.
– Kris
19 hours ago
@Kris Miscopy: noun, plural miscopies. an incorrect copy. dictionary.com/browse/miscopy
– user240918
19 hours ago
@Kris Miscopy: noun, plural miscopies. an incorrect copy. dictionary.com/browse/miscopy
– user240918
19 hours ago
@Kris - you donwvoted because you didn’t know it was also a noun?
– user240918
19 hours ago
@Kris - you donwvoted because you didn’t know it was also a noun?
– user240918
19 hours ago
You had a down vote? Btw, what's stated in the answer above is nothing about a noun.
– Kris
19 hours ago
You had a down vote? Btw, what's stated in the answer above is nothing about a noun.
– Kris
19 hours ago
|
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(a) miscopying (of s.t.)
Censorinus wrote that Aristarchus of Samos reckoned a Great Year of 2484 years: it has been argued that this is a miscopying of 2434, which represents 45 Exeligmos cycles. (emphasis mine)
"Great Year -- Description", WP
"(A) miscopying (of s.t.)" is already in regular use in genetics.
Joe Smith got 1 point off on his math homework for a miscopying when he accidentally changed a 7 to a 1.
I'd have loved miscopyment but it seems it's only the copyright attorneys who use the term copyment.
Writer hereby specifically reserves to herself those parts of the copyment that do not concem musical compositions or parts of musical compositions written by the songwriter … (emphasis mine)
("Hastings communications and entertainment law journal, XVIII, p.151," GoogleBooks)
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(a) miscopying (of s.t.)
Censorinus wrote that Aristarchus of Samos reckoned a Great Year of 2484 years: it has been argued that this is a miscopying of 2434, which represents 45 Exeligmos cycles. (emphasis mine)
"Great Year -- Description", WP
"(A) miscopying (of s.t.)" is already in regular use in genetics.
Joe Smith got 1 point off on his math homework for a miscopying when he accidentally changed a 7 to a 1.
I'd have loved miscopyment but it seems it's only the copyright attorneys who use the term copyment.
Writer hereby specifically reserves to herself those parts of the copyment that do not concem musical compositions or parts of musical compositions written by the songwriter … (emphasis mine)
("Hastings communications and entertainment law journal, XVIII, p.151," GoogleBooks)
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(a) miscopying (of s.t.)
Censorinus wrote that Aristarchus of Samos reckoned a Great Year of 2484 years: it has been argued that this is a miscopying of 2434, which represents 45 Exeligmos cycles. (emphasis mine)
"Great Year -- Description", WP
"(A) miscopying (of s.t.)" is already in regular use in genetics.
Joe Smith got 1 point off on his math homework for a miscopying when he accidentally changed a 7 to a 1.
I'd have loved miscopyment but it seems it's only the copyright attorneys who use the term copyment.
Writer hereby specifically reserves to herself those parts of the copyment that do not concem musical compositions or parts of musical compositions written by the songwriter … (emphasis mine)
("Hastings communications and entertainment law journal, XVIII, p.151," GoogleBooks)
(a) miscopying (of s.t.)
Censorinus wrote that Aristarchus of Samos reckoned a Great Year of 2484 years: it has been argued that this is a miscopying of 2434, which represents 45 Exeligmos cycles. (emphasis mine)
"Great Year -- Description", WP
"(A) miscopying (of s.t.)" is already in regular use in genetics.
Joe Smith got 1 point off on his math homework for a miscopying when he accidentally changed a 7 to a 1.
I'd have loved miscopyment but it seems it's only the copyright attorneys who use the term copyment.
Writer hereby specifically reserves to herself those parts of the copyment that do not concem musical compositions or parts of musical compositions written by the songwriter … (emphasis mine)
("Hastings communications and entertainment law journal, XVIII, p.151," GoogleBooks)
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I generally use "tupo". Alas, few people know what "finger check" means anymore.
– Hot Licks
yesterday
You might reconsider what the student was really marked down for. Presumably, the error led to an incorrect final answer, and that was why s/he lost a point. Or rather, the teacher must have recognised that but for this silly slip, s/he would have got it right and decided only to take one mark off.
– Tuffy
yesterday