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Discover LudwigThe phrase "harmless mistake" is correct and commonly used in written English
It is typically used to describe a mistake or error that does not cause harm or negative consequences. Example: Despite her best efforts, Maria accidentally wrote the wrong date on her homework assignment. However, her teacher assured her that it was just a harmless mistake and did not affect her grade.
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The chief executives portrayed the incident as a harmless mistake, and the planned announcement came about two hours later.
The chief executives played down the inadvertent disclosure as a harmless mistake, since the announcement was scheduled before the markets opened anyway.
The razor was a harmless mistake at the opposite end of the spectrum and so entertaining that she wondered if Gillette did it on purpose in hopes of getting people to post about it on social media, she said.
The three Americans, all graduates of the University of California, Berkeley who were either studying or traveling in the Middle East, say they made a harmless mistake in wandering over the unmarked border, crossing when a soldier of unknown nationality waved to them to approach.
Between two checkpoints, at the campus border, Jarecki's driver managed to position himself in the lane reserved for trucks: a harmless mistake, or so it seemed, until he lowered his window and asked for directions to Lincoln Hall (otherwise known as the Combating Terrorism Center).
It was a harmless mistake on the third day of spring football practice, but the reaction from Corp and the reporters illustrates the level of attention being given to the question of who will play quarterback for the Trojans in the fall.
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The Brideshead Revisited goof and "Mariah-gate" are harmless mistakes.
As the narrator proclaims: "Coincidences; mix-ups; harmless mistakes and switches.
The humor in everyday life is often unintentional, consisting of harmless mistakes; the humor in comedy shouldn't be.
Maha Salem, a researcher under Dr Dautenhahn, programmed a humanoid Asimo robot, made by Honda, to make occasional harmless mistakes such as pointing to one drawer while talking about another.
[a] This policy especially makes sense on exam problems, for which students are under time pressure and are more likely to make harmless algebraic mistakes.
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