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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a rookie error" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a mistake that is typically made by someone who is inexperienced or new to a particular field or activity.
Example: "For someone with years of experience, forgetting to save the document was a rookie error."
Alternatives: "beginner's mistake" or "novice blunder".
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A rookie error.
At home, it might have been excused as a rookie error.
A rookie error, perhaps – but even professional cooks stumble in pursuit of love.
It was a rookie error but there is something at play that goes beyond the need for business mentoring and support for Aboriginal start-ups.
"We made a bit of a rookie error," she said, according to parts of a recording first published by Bloomberg News.
Aides have yet to explain why the party left out the Jerusalem reference in the original version; from a political standpoint a rookie error.
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A classic rookie error is attempting to use the equality operator to find NULL values.
That's a rookie mistake.
"This was a rookie mistake.
Still reeling, I made a rookie mistake.
"A rookie mistake," Sanchez called it.
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Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.

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