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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
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What is the differnce....

What is the difference between 'wrong' and incorrect?
  

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Anonymous What is the difference between 'wrong' and incorrect? Both can used, typically, to mean the same thing. However, "incorrect" is more commonly used to refer to specific rules, such as grammar, calculation etc....

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  • Anonymous What is the difference between 'wrong' and incorrect?
  • Both can used, typically, to mean the same thing.
  • However, "incorrect" is more commonly used to refer to specific rules, such as grammar, calculation etc....
  • something incorrect is viewed as such by all people aware of these rules/laws.
  • "Wrong" is more commonly used when it is connected to the feeling of what's right or wrong, and hence more subjective.
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AnonymousWhat is the difference between 'wrong' and incorrect?
Both can used, typically, to mean the same thing.

However, "incorrect" is more commonly used to refer to specific rules, such as grammar, calculation etc.... something incorrect is viewed as such by all people aware of these rules/laws.

"Wrong" is more commonly used when it is con
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AnonymousWhat is the difference between 'wrong' and incorrect?
Both can used, typically, to mean the same thing. However, "incorrect" is more commonly used to refer to specific rules, such as grammar, calculation etc.. something incorrect is viewed as such by all people aware of these rules/laws. "Wrong" is more commonly u
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Incorrect is a nicer way of saying wrong. "You are incorrect," doesn't sound as harsh to someone as, "You are wrong."

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