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=== Language === {{Main|Error (linguistics)}} An individual language user's deviations from standard language norms in [[grammar]], [[pronunciation]] and [[orthography]] are sometimes referred to as [[Error (linguistics)|errors]]. However, in light of the role of language usage in everyday [[social class]] distinctions, many feel that [[linguistics]] should restrain itself from such [[linguistic prescription|prescriptivist judgments]] to avoid reinforcing dominant class value claims about what linguistic forms should and should not be used. One may distinguish various kinds of linguistic errors<ref>''[http://www.stanford.edu/~zwicky/mistakes.pdf Mistakes] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025162154/http://www.stanford.edu/~zwicky/mistakes.pdf |date=2012-10-25 }},'' [[Arnold Zwicky]], 1980, Advocate Publishing Group, {{oclc|8468508}} The ISBN printed in the document (0-89894-030-5) is invalid, causing a checksum error</ref> β some, such as [[aphasia]] or [[speech disorder]]s, where the user is unable to say what they intend to, are generally considered errors, while cases where natural, intended speech is [[nonstandard dialect|non-standard]] (as in vernacular dialects), are considered legitimate speech in scholarly linguistics, but might be considered errors in prescriptivist contexts. See also [[Error analysis (linguistics)]]. [[File:PrintingError.jpg|thumb|480px|[[Herzliya Airport]] (Israel) [[runway]] location and [[Airfield traffic pattern|traffic pattern]] chart (left) was erroneously printed as a result of "black layer" 180Β° misplacement. The corrected chart is on the right. (Note north is to the right on both charts.)]] [[File:Judas Bible2.jpg|thumb|240px|The [[Bible errata#King James|'Judas' Bible]] in St Mary's Church, [[Totnes]], [[Devon]]. In this edition 'Judas' appears instead of 'Jesus' in Matthew 26:36. This copy has the misprint corrected by a slip of paper pasted over it.<ref>According to a note in St Mary's Church, Totnes, Cornwall, UK</ref>]]
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