Mistaken as Vs mistaken for

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I heard someone use the words "mistaken as" rather than "mistaken for",is it correct .If it(mistaken as), is correct then what is the difference between the two?

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fatimah0786I heard someone use the words "mistaken as" rather than "mistaken for",is it correct .

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cities in America. It's because everyone smiles and
231The fog was so dense that I might've been mistaken as to the nature of the beast. The important thing was that I had
2 2012 MAG PsychToday A B C . " Tenyears later, she was diagnosed with acute intermittent porphyria- arare disorder often mistaken as mental illness, given its constellation of physical, neurological and psychiatric symptoms.
3 2012 NEWS WashPost A B C and Moscow could alert each other to missile tests and space launches that could be mistaken as acts of aggression, would take a central role in an agreement nearing completion
4 2012 NEWS WashPost A B C other before it test-fired an intercontinental ballistic missile so that the launch would not be mistaken as the first salvo in a nuclear war. # The nuclear center supports more
5 2010 FIC Bk:BoundNovel A B C to silence. This had made her a formidable adult, although she'd been mistaken as sullen or dull-witted when she was young. The man finally convinced himself that
6 2009 MAG Atlantic A B C its audience to indulge in a most unlovely- because wholly unearned- smugness. As artistically mistaken as this stance is, it nonetheless helps account for the show's success.
7 2008 FIC Triquarterly A B C . She makes no attempt to hide her joyfulness. Often her bliss could be mistaken as the effect of an illegal substance. She reminds Eddie of the ewes he
8 2008 NEWS AssocPress A B C critic whose claims are being investigated. // The deaths and injuries occurred when civilians mistaken as the enemy got too close to guarded areas and U.S. troops lacked a nondeadly
9 2008 ACAD StudiesNovel A B C neither is the queer simply the converse of the heterosexual, though it is often mistaken as such: # pre-formatted table In contorting the expected (the queer as grotesque
10 2007 SPOK CBS_48Hours A B C for Tubbs to have seen Michele clearly. Capt-LESTER: He had to have been mistaken as to what he saw. MORIARTY: Or? Or he lied. Capt-LESTER
11 2007 FIC Bk:GentlemenRoad A B C the table beside the shatranj board, jostling the pieces. " If I am mistaken as to the actual nature of your lower extremities, I beg you to join
12 2007 MAG Ebony A B C she faced racism while growing up in Southern California. She says she is often mistaken as Latina, but she embraces her African-American heritage. Sidebar " People think because
13 2006 NEWS CSMonitor A B C she faced a different problem. In those days, " Meryl " was sometimes mistaken as a man's name. When she showed up for her first interview she
14 2005 ACAD Style A B C gentleman, hires an unneeded servant whose name is Pepper. In what might be mistaken as the typical metonymic device of associating character and social rank with clothing, Pip
15 2005 ACAD FeministStud A B C thus inscribed with women's vision and accomplishments that are all too often overlooked or mistaken as the deeds of the state patriarch. # Exactly because of the Women's
16 2005 ACAD IntlAffairs A B C the " death cycle " of common debris items. Plastic bottle caps are often mistaken as food by marine animals. Yet, the ingestion of these items do not
17 2004 FIC VirginiaQRev A B C wall. seeing the planet displayed from that strange side had seemed to Donk as mistaken as an upside-down letter. But it was not wrong. That globe was in
18 2004 NEWS CSMonitor A B C recent celebrated case in Guangdong where a graphic designer, Sun Chi Gang, was mistaken as a migrant and beaten to death in custody. " We heard of very
19 2004 ACAD PSAJournal A B C just because it is visually appealing. # Figure 2 is another picture that is mistaken as being religious and theological in essence, for the title of this picture is
20 2004 ACAD LawPublicPol A B C brief observations suggest that a conception of tort law as private law should not be mistaken as a godsend for the National Manufacturer's Association. Adherents of a wrongs-based conception
21 2003 SPOK NPR_Sunday A B C neighborhood of Havana. And they then brought in Ignacio Elejalde, who is often mistaken as a falsetti, more of a countertenor, the high voice. And he
22 2003 NEWS WashPost A B C , as I am in London, " he said. " Seattle is often mistaken as one of the friendliest
23 2003 ACAD ForeignAffairs A B C Beijing's tradition of criticizing American-led alliances. Still, the gesture should not be mistaken as a new Chinese embrace of collective security; it could also be used to
24 2002 NEWS USAToday A B C articles. Some CEOs think they are fidelity-challenged by hormones. But they are as mistaken as people who buy into the urban myth that some people have awakened in bathtubs
25 2001 FIC Bk:LivingToTell A B C insisted you shalt not *** with me. All his life, he'd been mistaken as younger than his years because he smiled a lot, because he was handsome
26 2000 FIC Mov:AmericanPsycho A B C seat of a taxi slowly moving uptown, driven by an IMMIGRANT CABBIE. Often mistaken as brothers, their natural good looks are further enhanced by perfectly tailored, designer
27 2000 ACAD ForeignAffairs A B C does? The common answer -- that politicians are misreading the public -- is as mistaken as it is popular. It rests on the flawed premise that in politics,
28 1999 ACAD AcademicQs A B C enfranchisement of popular culture has meant not only that a lot of trash has been mistaken as great art, but also that great art has been treated as if it
29 1998 MAG MilitaryHist A B C . The route ahead was believed to be safe, an assumption that was as mistaken as those that had heralded previous calamities. In fact, the area was far
30 1997 SPOK CBS_Sixty A B C did it, not you? Off-SCHWARZ: I believe I know Officer Turetzky was mistaken as far as with me because I was not near that bathroom. (Footage-of-Stephen) BRADLEY
31 1997 ACAD Humanist A B C . He said he now realized that his vote to take no action had been mistaken as a vote to preserve the seal and fight the impending lawsuit. # Four
32 1996 SPOK CNN_King A B C Arkansas who have sustained me throughout with their prayers and their dollars. I was mistaken as to how the jury might interpret the case. WOLF BLITZER: There was
33 1996 NEWS Chicago A B C he did, and I accompanied him as he blundered into a funeral and was mistaken as a mourner, and when he was accosted by a rug, and when
34 1996 ACAD Mercury A B C 1 to 2 seconds, leaving bright marks that pepper the image and can be mistaken as part of an astronomical object. The cosmic rays are a constant reminder that
35 1995 FIC Bk:HarmonyFlesh A B C brave and likeable as ****, so that was another illusion for me -- that mistaken as the government was, we could always rely on the innate goodness of those
36 1995 ACAD ClearingHouse A B C test poorly? # I find that group work when initiated in any class is mistaken as license and not freedom by a few students. I watch for them and
37 1994 FIC FantasySciFi A B C off his gallant sputterings. " You see, dear boy, you were quite mistaken as to the disparaging intent of my remark concerning Miss Drummond's looks. I
38 1994 NEWS CSMonitor A B C this captivating volume. # Baseball ABC, by Florence Cassen Mayers, might be mistaken as a book for youngsters just learning their letters, but it turns out to
39 1993 NEWS Atlanta A B C our own military against the citizens of this country. # Mr. Bookman is also mistaken as to my understanding (as a member of the NRA) of the issue
40 1993 NEWS SanFranChron A B C 863-1502. 47410 # The calm that followed Saturday's Rodney King verdict should not be mistaken as a sign that America is well, scholars, civil rights leaders and other
41 1993 ACAD CrossCurrents A B C thought. Now students and faculty say things quite earnestly that are not so much mistaken as they are inauthentic. one is repeatedly faced not so much with ignorance or prejudice
42 1993 ACAD CanadaLaw A B C commitment of social resources is, I do not by any means want to be mistaken as implying that it is too large. It is almost exactly the same percent
43 1992 NEWS CSMonitor A B C Frost wrote one of the best known lines on home, and it's usually mistaken as his point of view. It's the stern equation in his poem "
44 1992 NEWS Atlanta A B C No way. How are you gon na do that?' " # Often mistaken as brothers # They did it with a series of humorous, eye-catching ads that
45 1992 NEWS Houston A B C have no other obvious cause. # However, doctors seem to be just as mistaken as parents. # Though only a couple of studies on teething have been done

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