2022-03-04
ศัพท์ น่าสับสน - Set – E - erratum & errata
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Dictionary.com:
ออกเสียง erratum = “ih-RAH-tuhm” or “ih-REY-tuhm” or “ih-RAT-uhm”
ออกเสียง errata = “ih-RAH-tuh” or “ih-REY-tuh” or “ih-RAT-uh”
Dictionary of Problem Words and Expressions:
erratum & errata
Erratum derived from a Latin verb meaning “to wander,”
means “an error,” one usually resulting from a misprint in a book
or any mistake in something written by hand.
Errata is the plural form of this noun and requires a plural verb:
“The errata in this volume are numerous.”
Errata may also mean a list of errors or corrections,
but even in this meaning is preferably followed by a verb in the plural.
The word errata is sometime found in print,
but the form is not generally approved.
“The one important erratum in this volume was noted on an inserted page.”
“The major errata in this work have been listed in an appendix.”
Dictionary.com:
USAGE NOTE FOR ERRATA
Errata is originally the plural of the singular Latin noun erratum.
Like many such borrowed nouns ( agenda; candelabra ),
it came by the mid-17th century to be used as a singular noun,
meaning “a list of errors or corrections to be made (in a book).”
Despite objections by some to this singular use,
it is common in standard English:
The errata begins on page 237.
When errata clearly means “errors,”
it takes plural verbs and pronouns:
Although errata were frequent in the first printing,
most of them were corrected in subsequent printings.
As a singular noun,
errata has developed an English plural form erratas,
which is rarely used.
Merriam-Webster Dictionary:
Words at Play
Uncommon singular versions of words
While errata functions as a noun
referring to either
a list of errors in a printed work discovered after printing
or to a page bearing such a list,
it also functions as a plural of erratum, meaning "error."
Just to make things extra confusing,
erratum can also refer specifically to
an error of the kind referred to above,
and since, as everyone in the publishing business knows,
those never occur as singletons,
errata gets applied there too.
Another term for the same is corrigendum,
which has the plural form corrigenda.
Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary:
usage: errata is orig. the plural of erratum,
a borrowing from Latin.
By the mid-17th century,
errata had come to be used as a singular noun
meaning “a list of errors or corrections for a book.”
Despite objections by some, this use is standard in English:
The errata begins on page 237.
When errata clearly means “errors,”
it takes plural verbs and pronouns.
