morocco New Member 01For me, 'error' and 'mistake' are interchangeable. 'Fault' is slightly different, usually used to assign blame. [It is my fault that the bread didn't rise. My error/mistake was in leaving out the yeast.]
europe Full Member 154One can find data reporting errors in a computer system, but they are not considered "mistakes". But if I've married a guy in a rush and then regret it, I can say, "This is the biggest mistake of my life!"  Note also: error in judgement (not "mistake in judgement") There is a distinction between error and mistakein linguistics. Simply said: A mistake i.e. a slip ofthe tongue can be self-corrected and an error cannot. An erroris systematic i.e. likely to occur repeatedly and not recognized (known) by the learner.put another way, if you subscribe to the competence-performance dichotomy, an error pertains to a person's linguistic competence, a mistake to their linguistic performance. not that all linguists consistently observe the distinction or thatit's always useful, but just that it's there, with some time under itsbelt, should you feel it would prove useful in explainingsomething. search term: 'error analysis'. sam, wishing all a very merry christmas New Member 45
I think of the beautifulElizabethan language in the prayer "we have erred and strayed like lostsheep": does this mean that the errant sinner has no chance because heis likely to repeat his sins, even worse that he doesn't know what hissins are?yes, i'll stake money on it, if you, Philip, can find me an elizabethan linguist specialising in error analysis. sam, to err is human New Member 45 I think of the beautiful Elizabethan language in the prayer "we have erred and strayed like lost sheep": does this mean that the errant sinner has no chance because he is likely to repeat his sins, even worse that he doesn't know what his sins are?yes, i'll stake money on it, if you, Philip, can find me an elizabethan linguist specialising in error analysis. sam, to err is human [/quote] I'll second that Sam. europe Full Member 154Anonymous: For me, 'error' is made unconciesly and is corrected by the same person who has made the 'error'. error is in the level of performance.But 'mistake' is because of the lack of knowledge in that case.So, mistake is in the level of competence. Non of the above is intentional. 'Fault' is completely different from these two. It is because of being careless or doing something intentionally,in this case the person who had done the fault have to be blamed. More
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