A: I was mistaken about James being a good person. Does this sentence mean I was wrong to think that James was a good person and in fact he was a horrible human being?
B: I mistook her offer as a threat. Does this sentence mean I took her offer as a threat by mistake?
A. Yes. B.
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A. Yes.
B. You did not recognize that her offer was really a threat.