misquoting

In addition, the words of some of the authors are detourned through deliberate misquoting.

Norman did not correct her typical misquoting.

Hendrik Hertzberg: Misquoting King.

Some of the individuals interviewed by Posner for Miami Babylon have complained of severe misquoting and inaccuracies.

A misquoting of James Nasmyth popularized the notion that Maudslay had invented the slide rest, but this was incorrect; however, his lathes helped to popularize it.

Ehrman, Bart D. Misquoting Jesus: The Story Behind Who Changed the Bible and Why.

The unusual name given to the species came from a reporter's misquoting of ornithologist Storrs L. Olson's discovery of the then-unnamed species as being "a giant, gargantuan, King Kong finch."

In November 1813 the misquoting of part of an advertisement in two London newspapers caused panic amongst the bank customers, many of whom quickly withdrew their money, reportedly causing "some bustle" among the partners of the bank.

This season's subversive best seller, however, is one that takes direct aim at the Bible: Bart D. Ehrman's "Misquoting Jesus: The Story Behind Who Changed the Bible and Why" (HarperSanFrancisco).

Wallace critiqued Ehrman's Misquoting Jesus: The Story of Who Changed the Bible and Why for misrepresenting commonly held views of textual criticism, especially in Ehrman's view of the "orthodox corruption of Scripture."

Craig Blomberg, of Denver Seminary in Colorado, wrote that "Most of Misquoting Jesus is actually a very readable, accurate distillation of many of the most important facts about the nature and history of textual criticism, presented in a lively and interesting narrative that will keep scholarly and lay interest alike."