Anonymous  +  487038 Mon, 10 Mar 08 03:41 PM which one is better to use for business ? 1. typing error 2. typing mistake 3. typo 4. typographical error 5. typo error   Anonymous

	nona the brit  +  487055 Mon, 10 Mar 08 04:38 PM typing error. Typo if you are being informal. The others aren't used. nona the brit Joined on Wed, Sep 22 2004 England Veteran Member 11,713 The name says it all.

	Grammar Geek  +  487105 Mon, 10 Mar 08 06:30 PM Oops. I've used #4 myself. But I use "typo" most often.   Grammar Geek Joined on Tue, Jan 10 2006 Veteran Member 19,665 Barbara, who answers in American English. My housekeeping skills attest to the truth of the second law of thermodynamics: Left to themselves, things get more and more random!

	Philip  +  491882 Sat, 22 Mar 08 05:45 PM I do hear 'typographical error' in the States. Philip Joined on Thu, Jun 23 2005 Veteran Member 8,738 At reise er at leve! - H. C. Andersen

	RayH  +  491900 Sat, 22 Mar 08 06:25 PM  The only one that would really strike anyone as clearly wrong is number 5. Typo error, all the others are fairly common or at least not clearly wrong. RayH Joined on Sat, Mar 22 2008 Contributing Member 1,555 Native speaker of U. S. English. Not a grammar expert.