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Meaning of conjunctive error | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

An error found in two or more manuscripts indicating that one has been copied from the other, or that both have been copied from a common original.

Examples

“[…] a conjunctive error is one in which two (or more) witnesses agree, and it constitutes evidence of the parallel descent of those witnesses from a single common ancestor in which the error was originally committed.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

conjunctive mode conjunctive mood conjunctive normal form conjunctive tissue Conjunctively conjunctiveness