The phrase "understand the mistake" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when referring to the process of recognizing or acknowledging an error.
Example: "After reviewing the report, I finally understand the mistake I made in the calculations."
Alternatives: "grasp the error" or "comprehend the oversight."
"I can understand the mistake, though I cannot justify it," he said.
A fully informative ascriptive supervenience thesis would explain how we should understand the mistake claimed by Ascriptive.
Please understand the mistake you're in jeopardy of making.
He publicly appealed to Swift's father to hire a "crisis publicity agent" to manage the story because "Taylor's too young and dumb to understand the mistake she made".
We understand the mistakes that were made, and they can be easily corrected.
But we have to understand the mistakes the Communists made and to avoid them in the reconstruction of the Ukrainian left.
In the campaign to win approval of the referendum in Vieques, the Navy will highlight that its officials now understand the mistakes made in the past and are willing to spend $90 million in programs to repair the damage.
Cameron chose to avoid any personal assaults on Miliband and, playing it safe, countered by saying: "If you don't understand the mistakes of the past, you can't have a plan for the future".
He reflected: "There's some that I wouldn't want to live next to, just to be honest, but there are a whole lot of them that are there who made mistakes when they were young, understand the mistakes that they've made and have actually changed their life.
Dr Peacey says: "If I had a pound for every time I had been told that history is important because, as George Santayana said, those who fail to understand the mistakes of the past will merely repeat them... then I would be a rich man indeed".
During a question and answer session on Twitter, Armstrong asked Brian Cookson if he had any plans to convene a commission to "fully understand the mistakes of previous generations".
