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Silak12 Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

Open to misconception?

Hi! everyone.
Could you tell me what does this sentence mean or Could you rephrase it?
The question is open to misconception.
Thanks!
  

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The question might be misunderstood/misinterpreted.

  • The question might be misunderstood/misinterpreted.
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The question might be misunderstood/misinterpreted.
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silak12The question is open to misconception.
I would have used "misinterpretation" instead of "misconception". It means that the question can be understood in different ways by different people. The question is not stated clearly enough.

By the way:
silak12Could you tell me what does this sentence mean
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silak12The question is open to misconception.
The most common expression is:

The sentence / question / article / book / speech / action is open to interpretation.

That means the different people will have entirely different ideas about what it really says or means. It is not clear at all.
"misinterpretation" means that it is very
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Well, it seems that this is actually an example sentence from a dictionary:

https://www.macmillandictionary.com/dictionary/american/misconception

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