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How to Use "Mistake" with Example Sentences

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Used with verbs:

"I try not to repeat my mistakes."
(repeat)

"She made a lot of mistakes."
(made, avoided, paid for)

"Mistakes sometimes happen."
(happen, occur)

"She admitted to her mistake."
(admitted to, regretted, pointed out, discovered)

"I recognized my mistake."
(recognized, realized, learned from, acknowledged)

"Please correct your mistakes."
(correct, erase, fix, undo)

Used with adjectives:

"I made a common mistake."
(common, simple, big, huge, horrible, stupid, little, honest, bad, terrible, great, dumb, foolish)

"I made some spelling mistakes."
(spelling, grammatical, grammar)

"The doctor made a careless mistake."
(careless, fatal, simple, serious)

"It was an honest mistake."
(honest, genuine, deliberate)

"Don't keep bringing up her past mistakes."
(past)

Used with prepositions:

"I called him by mistake."
(by)

"They made a mistake with my grades."
(with, about)

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Used with adverbs:

"You could hardly mistake the two."
(hardly, easily)

Used with prepositions:

"How could you mistake her for his mother?"
(for)

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