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mispunctuate

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[mis-puhngk-choo-eyt] / mɪsˈpʌŋk tʃuˌeɪt /

verb (used with object)

mispunctuated, mispunctuating
  1. to punctuate incorrectly.


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Etymology

Origin of mispunctuate

First recorded in 1840–50; mis- 1 + punctuate

Example Sentences

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All editors, misled no doubt by 37, mispunctuate this passage, placing a comma before quorum instead of after: this destroys the gerundive quorum ... appellandorum, leaving the pentameter without a construction.

From The Last Poems of Ovid by Akrigg, Mark Bear

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