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Common collocations with mistake in American Collocation

mistake noun countable

US /mɪˈsteɪk/

silly

careless
embarrassing
foolish
silly
sloppy
stupid

The misnaming of the defendant in the claim form was a silly mistake by the claimant’s solicitors.

serious

bad
serious

There are often bad mistakes in job descriptions.

not serious

minor
slight

There are one or two minor mistakes and misspellings in the subtitles, but nothing serious.

happening occasionally

occasional
odd

He makes the odd mistake simply because he’s so keen, but overall he’s coming on great.

common or basic

classic
common
elementary

So many people make one or more of these common mistakes on their CV.

not deliberate

genuine
honest
innocent
unintentional

Many discounts are issued incorrectly because of genuine mistakes made by claimants.

deliberate

deliberate

This reminds me of adverts for proofreaders that are filled with deliberate mistakes.

obvious

glaring

I have seen glaring mistakes in expensive magazine ads.

of a particular type

copying
factual
grammar
grammatical
printing
punctuation
spelling
translation

I apologise for any factual or grammatical mistakes.

make a mistake

make

They made a mistake in the original certificate of registration.

notice a mistake

discover
find
notice
realize
spot

If you spot a mistake, please send us the details and we will pass it on to the people responsible for maintaining the data.

correct or get rid of mistakes

correct
eliminate
fix
rectify
remedy
undo

The present edition improves on its predecessors by correcting a few minor mistakes.

Before submitting your work, use the checklist to eliminate common mistakes.

contain a mistake

contain

The list clearly still contains mistakes.

admit or apologize for a mistake

acknowledge
admit

As regular readers will know, I do like to admit my mistakes and rectify them before they do too much damage.

forgive a mistake

excuse
forgive

Please forgive any mistakes, broken links, and the like.