Pınar Selek was not only at the wrong place at the wrong time. She was also born in the wrong country.

Fadil was in the wrong place at the wrong time.

It was a mistake to refuse his assistance.

They've slept with the wrong person. They've taken the wrong substance.

Nobody's perfect.

Is Doping Wrong?

Misdirection.

Error Details

Where is the mistake?

Perseverance in error does not correct the error it merely exacerbates it.

You are not the first to make this mistake.

But it would be a mistake to underestimate her seriousness.

Estimates contain several sources of error.

Categories There are many ways to categorize human error.

Close Error Report

I got on the wrong train.

I got on the wrong bus.

How is the error observed?

Where was the mistake?

The Wrong Austerity Cure

To Err is Science

Two of the condemned were accidentally released while a third was mistakenly transferred to another prison and survived.

The wrong kind of stimulus may get in the way of future productivity growth by channeling workers into the wrong kind of employment (or keeping them there).

But it would be wrong to belittle the importance of what has happened.

I got on the wrong bus.

You made the same mistake.

Tom got on the wrong train.

Tom got on the wrong bus.

Tom made the same mistake again.

Tom took the wrong bus.

Error in electronic communications

I went to the wrong address.

I believe you dialed the wrong number.

What went wrong?

The Mismeasure of Poverty

The World Bank s Wrong Choice

Getting them wrong and wrong and wrong, and then on careful reconsideration, getting them wrong again.

It would be wrong to see Mauritius through an ethnic prism.

I think it was a mistake that you didn't take my advice.

That is actually the wrong question to ask first.

In this case, applying the Bagehot rule would be wrong.

A cherry petal accidentally fell into a drink.

Europe s Digital Wrong Turn

And queen! Queen, with misdirection.

It's a matter of right and wrong.