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Errata vs. Erratum
Errata
Examples:
The book included an errata sheet correcting typos.Errata were issued post-publication by the journal.Readers found several errata in the initial print run.
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Erratum
/eˈrɑːtəm/Examples:
The newspaper issued an erratum for the misprinted date.An erratum was included to correct the spelling mistake.Please see the erratum on page two for the correction details.
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Ways to tell them apart:
- Errata and erratum both relate to errors in print, but differ in the number of errors they refer to.
- Remember that errata is plural, like data, referring to multiple errors.
- Erratum is singular, like datum, referring to a single mistake in a document.
- Think of errata as a whole list of errors corrected in a publication.
- Erratum typically appears as a note or correction for one specific mistake.
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