I just want to know if this sentence is correct: "Sadly, the text is vitiated by careless errors"
H Henrik Larsson Banned Socuéllamos Spanish Nov 28, 2005 #1 I just want to know if this sentence is correct: "Sadly, the text is vitiated by careless errors"
D DaleC Senior Member San Diego, California US English Nov 28, 2005 #2 Yes. But it's meaning is vague because "vitiate" is overall a highly literary and rarely used word.
elroy Imperfect mod Chicago, IL US English, Palestinian Arabic bilingual Nov 28, 2005 #3 A better, more common alternative would be "discredited."