In collating the novels in the vernacular, errors often occurred in the wrong use of words, missing of words and wrong choice of words.

由于不明俗字俗语，在白话小说整理过程中，常常出现失校、误校、擅改的情况。

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By concentrating on the label, instead of whether a product is actually defective, lawyers can convince juries to award damages because of a few missing words.

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This is the reason we can often read sentences in which the words have all their vowels missing and make sense of them.

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In other words, you have no excuse for missing the deadline this time around.

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