Sentence examples for contains an error from inspiring English sources

Sample reader pushback: "Your article contains an error.

But your otherwise interesting analysis contains an error.

Wales says that his marriage certificate contains an error, and that his actual birthday is August 8th.

(One commenter on last week's puzzle even charmingly mentioned that "every comment I have made so far contains an error," a refreshing admission in a field that is often — and problematically — taught as an obsessive pursuit of right answers).

It would be real progress if they learnt from the experience and avoided making the same mistakes with Turkey.Pauline Green, MEPLeader Socialist GroupBrusselsWartime insuranceSIR--Your article on the role of insurance companies during the second world war contains an error (March 15th).

To ignore popular feeling could risk local demonstrations on local grievances, legitimised by displays of support for the Palestinians.SIMON HENDERSONLondonSIR Your article on the reaction of the Arab world to Ariel Sharon's election contains an error in military history ("Fear of Sharon", February 10th).

An earlier version contained an error in the name of Congressman Brad Ellsworth, (D-IN).

The table of data contained an error.

A spokeswoman said that one of those spreadsheets contained an error.

Did it contain an error or an ambiguity that I could not see?

"I can only assume the list we had contained an error," Mr. Leyland said.