The phrase "a discrepancy exists" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when indicating that there is a difference or inconsistency between two or more things.
Example: "After reviewing the financial reports, it became clear that a discrepancy exists between the projected and actual expenses."
Alternatives: "there is a discrepancy" or "a difference is present".
If a discrepancy exists, the individual transactions can then be tallied and the error pinpointed.
On the other side, Mr. Butterworth had argued that Florida law allowed for a full manual recount simply if a sample recount determined "that a discrepancy exists between the machine vote tabulation and the hand recount that could affect the result".
Early research suggests that a discrepancy exists between a person's perceived ability and actual ability to kneel [11, 15, 16].
According to Houghton et al. (1990), a discrepancy exists in the emission/absorption of CO2 of the order of 1.6 ± 1.4 giga-ton.
A discrepancy exists between the benefits of globalization on the one side and the legitimate values shared by diverse communities on the other.
However in adult islets a discrepancy exists; GFP expression is seen in insulin-ir cells but NPY-ir was absent from insulin-ir cells.
The result of the synthetic modelling shows that the isotropic and anisotropic synthetic gathers compares favourably well at near offset but at far offset a discrepancy exist.
However in 16% of cases a discrepancy existed between the examiners estimation and the automated measurement.
The results showed a discrepancy existed between student perception and actual performance for two of the three applications.
When a discrepancy existed between the clinicians, we asked them to discuss the case and arrive at an explicitly agreed estimate.
The issue was not whether the zero of the balance would change between air and vapor conditions (which it would) but rather whether a discrepancy existed in the differences between the two extreme weights when measured in air (the calibrated condition) versus when measured in vapor (the operating condition).
