Sentence examples for Spot a mistake from inspiring English sources

Every writer knows that he can peruse his own prose for days and not spot a mistake.

A Canadian literary magazine will award a free two-year subscription to any reader who can spot a mistake in the publication.

Messi, a dazzling Argentine known for his prodigious scoring, was held without a goal for a third straight game, missing chances of every kind, including one from the penalty spot: a mistake roughly equivalent to LeBron James missing a breakaway dunk.

But if you can spot a mistake from a mile away -- and stop it from attacking -- please join the PR association.

UK Finance have just revised their earlier figures, having spotted a mistake in the seasonal adjusted data.

Q: I've spotted a mistake or wish to complain about something in the Guardian.

If you've spotted a mistake in our copy please let us know so that we can fix it.

The editors would like to thank Bliss Carnochan for spotting a mistake in an earlier version of this entry; the statistics concerning the number of prisoners in federal and state prisons were in error and they have now been fixed.

He uses the example of how Toyota's productivity skyrocketed in 1947 as a result of rethinking the production line: instead of only quality-control inspectors and upper management having the power to halt the assembly line, anyone who spotted a mistake was able to do so and fix it.

This foolishness with five officials on the pitch and none able to spot a blatant mistake has to stop.

The last great American airline merger A world of trouble ReprintsTax officials generally issue infraction notices as soon as they spot a potential mistake, says Luiz Peroba of Pinheiro Neto, another law firm, rather than discussing it directly with the firm.