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Free sign up"incorrect figures" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It can be used to refer to inaccurate calculations or data. For example, "The report contained incorrect figures in the financial section and therefore had to be revised."
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The press has persisted in peddling incorrect figures about immigration.
The article was originally launched with incorrect figures.
A chart in Business Day yesterday gave incorrect figures for Eastman Kodak's worldwide work force.
Correction: January 24 , 2004 Saturday A chart in Business Day yesterday gave incorrect figures for Eastman Kodak's worldwide work force.
A table in Business Day yesterday showing yields on money market accounts and certificates of deposit carried incorrect figures for several banks.
(The incorrect figures represented award money from the Citizens Scholarship Foundation off America, which administers Dollars for Scholars and other programs).
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The original, incorrect form (Figure 1), and the corrected form (Figure 2) are shown in this article.
An earlier version gave an incorrect figure for periods of strike action.
Because of an editing error, an earlier version gave an incorrect figure for Israel's population.
A chart on Tuesday with an article about foreign holdings of United States Treasury debt gave an incorrect figure for Germany.
This article was amended on 10 January 2017 to remove an incorrect figure for the number of Irish people living in Britain.
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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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