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Misreading Apologies

This cluster captures comments where users admit to misreading or misunderstanding previous statements and offer apologies or corrections. It reflects a common pattern of self-correction in Hacker News discussions.

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Keywords

misread apologies misunderstood misinterpreted ah sorry read comment didn read read misunderstand

Sample Comments

lemonberry • Nov 1, 2014 • View on HN

I did misunderstand it, my apologies.

jlgaddis • Nov 1, 2016 • View on HN

Ahhh, yeah, I totally misread that. Sorry!

bjornsteffanson • Jan 21, 2014 • View on HN

I did misunderstand - apologies.

wyldfire • Apr 29, 2016 • View on HN

Oh, yes, of course. I misunderstood!

deaddodo • May 26, 2024 • View on HN

Yeah, I misread it. My apologies.

SahAssar • Sep 20, 2021 • View on HN

Ah, yeah, seems I misunderstood!

prostoalex • Sep 15, 2021 • View on HN

I must’ve misread. My apologies.

dang • Sep 5, 2022 • View on HN

Ah, I see. Sorry for misreading that.

AnimalMuppet • Jun 17, 2016 • View on HN

I misunderstood, then. My error.

crush-n-spread • May 14, 2017 • View on HN

I misinterpreted that then. Cheers.