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Discover LudwigThe phrase "hit an error" is correct and commonly used in written English.
It is often used when describing a mistake or problem that has occurred. Example: "The computer program hit an error and crashed, causing us to lose all of our data."
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Four batters into this one — after Matsuzaka spun Jeter off the plate with a high and inside fastball — the Yankees had the bases loaded with help from an infield hit, an error and a hit batsman.
In the rules of baseball, aside from the rare case of interference or obstruction, a batter who puts a ball into play and safely reaches first base is ruled to have reached in one of three possible ways: a hit, an error, or by fielder's choice.
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Since then, I have twice spent the best part of 20 minutes entering all my details online before hitting an error screen.
For the 34th time Thursday afternoon, she had hit an unforced error.
Nunes said Vinsight has hit a 10% error rate, which is a step in a positive direction, and three-times better than industry standard.
Some have run into problems after that installation, being hit by an error message telling them that "Software update failed".
Next, a second block was presented in which again the same Go/Nogo task was presented, but now on approximately half of the trials after a fast hit or an error, participants were additionally asked to rate how certain they were about the correctness of their response on a Likert scale from 1 (very certainly correct) to 7 (very certainly incorrect).
The second seed looked troubled by injury as she hit an uncharacteristic 43 unforced errors to make victory tough for her - she was perhaps fortunate that Schiavone failed to capitalise on those mistakes to take the match 7-6 (7-5), 6-4.
He then threatened to go up a double break after smacking a forehand return winner, but Nadal escaped the break point after Djokovic hit a backhand unforced error on the 13th shot of the rally.
But he walked four, hit a batter, made an error and needed 117 pitches.
He had a rough third inning when four hits, an error and a hit batter led to four runs by the Diamondbacks, but he recovered to give a worn bullpen needed rest.
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