Sentence examples for spotted the error from inspiring English sources

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The bank spotted the error before the account-holder noticed.

She spotted the error a few days later and rushed to the bank for help, but was rebuffed.

Robin van Persie spotted the error, and calmly exchanged passes with Theo Walcott, to defeat the Dortmund goalie before halftime.

"I believe you're the first to have spotted the error in the Toghrïl Beg entry; by 1955 Toghrïl was no longer exactly in his prime," Stevens wrote.

No engineer seems to have spotted the error until 1992, when someone at Columbia Records bothered to listen to a safety copy that had been recorded at the correct speed... "Kind of Blue" has sold more than two million copies over the years — a remarkable figure for such uncompromising jazz.

As everybody on Twitter used the same condescending tone to attack Seven, you have to wonder how many of them had actually spotted the error themselves, and how many were just repeating the outrage of the original tweet.

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And it's probably a good idea to check that your error spotting hasn't already been noted; if so, perhaps just join in with noting you've spotted the errors too!

Can you spot the error in that statement?

For years, thousands of supposedly more qualified solicitors, barristers and judges had failed to spot the error.

This is a brilliant, engagingly written, deeply researched survey – and "spot the error" must be one of the least rewarding responses to it.

It was my training in French language, and the time I have spent in the Caribbean working with Martinican colleagues, that enabled me to spot the error in the British Library catalogue.

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