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conjunctive error

conjunctive error noun: an error found in two or more manuscripts indicating that one has been copied from the other, or that both have been copied from a common original.

Noun

conjunctive error (plural conjunctive errors)

  1. An error found in two or more manuscripts indicating that one has been copied from the other, or that both have been copied from a common original.
    • […] a conjunctive error is one in which two (or more) witnesses agree, and it constitutes evidence of the parallel descent of those witnesses from a single common ancestor in which the error was originally committed.1996, James Grier, chapter 3, in The Critical Editing of Music, Cambridge University Press, page 77

Forms of conjunctive error

pluralconjunctive errors

Questions about conjunctive error

What does conjunctive error mean?
Conjunctive error means an error found in two or more manuscripts indicating that one has been copied from the other, or that both have been copied from a common original.
What part of speech is conjunctive error?
Conjunctive error is a noun.
What is the plural of conjunctive error?
The plural of conjunctive error is conjunctive errors.

Words near conjunctive error in the dictionary

  1. conjunctivally
  2. conjunctivas
  3. conjunctive
  4. conjunctive adverb
  5. conjunctive adverbs
  6. conjunctive error
  7. conjunctive errors
  8. conjunctive mode
  9. conjunctive modes
  10. conjunctive mood
  11. conjunctive moods

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