misquotation
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Origin of misquotation
Example Sentences
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The fact-check flagged a misquotation that should have been rendered as a paraphrase.
From Washington Post • Oct. 27, 2022
The misquotation came from an opinion essay in The Wall Street Journal that has since been corrected.
From New York Times • Nov. 29, 2019
O’Brien’s conversation often turns to literary quotation—and, at times, to lively misquotation.
From The New Yorker • Oct. 7, 2019
By breaking the rule, Scalia had brought the misquotation on himself.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 8, 2016
I added, that I hoped, for Mr. Fennell's sake, that Selkirkshire was either a misprint or a misquotation.
From Notes and Queries, Number 238, May 20, 1854 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc by Various
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