The phrase "a misstatement that" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to an incorrect or false statement that has been made, often in a formal or legal context.
Example: "The report contained a misstatement that could potentially mislead investors about the company's financial health."
Alternatives: "an error that" or "a false claim that".
"A politician having dinner, having a discussion and making a misstatement, that doesn't offend me," said Mr. Doria, a Corzine supporter.
Because publicly traded corporations must properly report the value of options on their financial statements, any backdating could result in a misstatement that can be the basis for a charge of securities fraud.
Our discussion of the data for this figure made a misstatement that combined the results from the whole brain and the cell culture.
However, on page 5, the same study is cited as demonstrating that "highly expressed genes in flowering plants are more compact [ 14]." I think the latter sentence represents a misstatement that should be corrected.
Let us repeat: McCain himself wrote (i.e., it was not a misstatement) that he runs for President only for personal ambition.
A chief executive who makes a material misstatement that causes a 50-cent drop in his company's billion-share float now faces 11 years in jail.
Mr. Reid and Ms. Angle — two candidates who have proved to have an unusual propensity to make the kind of misstatement that haunts them for days — did not appear to make any kind of egregious mistake on Thursday that could, by itself, turn the course of this campaign.
Mr. Grubman was especially bullish on WorldCom and kept his buy rating on the stock until just a few days before the company announced the enormous accounting misstatement that helped force it into bankruptcy in July 2002.
Mr. Grubman recommended buying WorldCom's stock until just a few days before the company announced in late June the enormous accounting misstatement that helped force it into bankruptcy.
It is the misstatement that is the essence of the case Republicans are putting before American voters: That President Obama has made the economy worse.
