Sentence examples for a case of mistaking from inspiring English sources

The phrase "a case of mistaking" is not correct in standard written English.
It is typically intended to refer to a situation where someone has made a mistake or misjudged something.
Example: "It was simply a case of mistaking the time of the meeting, and I arrived an hour late."
Alternatives: "an instance of confusion" or "a situation of misunderstanding."

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The idea touted three years ago by David Cameron that holding a vote on Britain's place in Europe could ultimately enable the party to come together on the issue always sounded like heroic wishful thinking – a case of mistaking a sticking plaster for a cure.

After the incompetent detective quits the Baltimore police force in disgrace – having shot a fellow officer dead in a case of mistaking identity – he finds his true calling as a middle-school maths teacher in season four, developing a capable and caring side.

This might be a case of mistaking a symptom for a cause.

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It misses only the activation of GAL4 by CBF1, perhaps because the model also has the true regulators of CBF1 connected to GAL4-a case of mistaking direct versus indirect regulation.

A case of mistaken identity?

Jones blamed a case of mistaken identity.

Officials said it was a case of mistaken identity.

Prosecutors said the murder was a case of mistaken identity.

Could it be a case of mistaken identity?

She said it was a case of mistaken identity.

It turned out to be a case of mistaken identity.

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