(Something like , which erroneously tells the function to expect a pointer to a character-string, will be accepted by compilers, but will produce undefined results.)

In 1985, for example, a form erroneously told taxpayers taking a residential energy credit that they should "enter zero" if the amount on line 29 was less than $10.

Many had no more notion of their past than the stories of their oldest Wise, who erroneously told revised versions of tales passed down by their own granddams.

I'm afraid he erroneously told her that the flight on which, I believe, she had a child, had crashed.

The prosecutors erroneously told the court then that he had pleaded guilty to a charge of third-degree sexual abuse, the records of which had been sealed.

The trip was paid for by the Oregon Beer and Wine Distributors Association, and the seven legislators failed to report the trip as the industry's lobbyist erroneously told them they did not need to report the trip.

They knew to follow the horse in front of them, no matter what I might erroneously tell them to do.

Willey said when his building manager called attorneys retained by the company, they erroneously told her she could go ahead and kick out the tenants.

For just a few moments after the game, the Jets even thought they were tied for first place in the A.F.C. East when someone erroneously told them the Dolphins had lost.

For example, some doctors erroneously told lesbians that they did not need Pap smears.