Is it mistaking or mistaken?

In this case "mistaken" is not being used as a verb, but an adjective. In "the tall brown mistaken horse", "tall", "brown" and "mistaken" are all adjectives. "Mistaking" can make sense, but would usually be used when you're mentioning a particular mistake you were making.
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Which is correct mistaken or mistook?

It has to be "mistaken". It's incorrect to use "mistook".
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How do you use mistaking in a sentence?

If I'm not mistaken, you're as responsible for this mess as I am. You must be mistaken. They have mistaken us for my father. Its roots have occasionally been mistaken for horse-radish.
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What does I am mistaken mean?

wrong in what you believe, or based on a belief that is wrong: If you think you can keep drinking so much without damaging your health, then you're mistaken. Unfortunately I was mistaken about how much it would cost.
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Is mistaken past tense?

The third-person singular simple present indicative form of mistake is mistakes. The present participle of mistake is mistaking. The past participle of mistake is mistaken.
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What part of speech is mistaken?

As detailed above, 'mistaken' can be a verb or an adjective.
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What is the synonym of mistaken?

Some common synonyms of mistake are blunder, error, lapse, and slip. While all these words mean "a departure from what is true, right, or proper," mistake implies misconception or inadvertence and usually expresses less criticism than error.
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How do you use if I am not mistaken in a sentence?

1. I think he wanted to marry her, if I am not mistaken. 2. If I am not mistaken, it won an Oscar.
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Can I say mistaking?

The reason you cannot say "I was mistaking" is because the verb "to mistake" as in (1) is transitive. (In fact, semantically it must take two objects, separated by the word "for.") The phrase "I was mistaken" refers always and only to the second of these.
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Is by mistake correct?

No, first and foremost, English does not contain a word called 'mistakely' (think you meant "mistakenly") and second of all, the correct way of using "mistake" with "by" is "by mistake".
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How do you use mistook?

How to use Mistook in a sentence
  1. Apparently he mistook her breathless state as an indication of passion. ...
  2. Being discovered he was torn to pieces by Agave and others, who mistook him for some wild beast. ...
  3. He claimed he was drunk at the time and mistook the puppy for a coyote.
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What is the root word of mistaken?

You also might believe someone else is mistaken if their opinion seems wrong to you: "You think strawberry ice cream is better than chocolate, but you're mistaken." Mistaken comes from mistake, from its Old Norse root mistaka, "take in error." Definitions of mistaken.
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When I make a mistake it means?

If you make a mistake, you do something which you did not intend to do, or which produces a result that you do not want.
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What is the meaning of big mistake?

1 an error or blunder in action, opinion, or judgment. 2 a misconception or misunderstanding.
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What is the opposite of a mistake?

Opposite of a mistake or error. correctness. accuracy. faultlessness. precision.
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What is another word for making a mistake?

synonyms for make a mistake
  • blow it.
  • blunder.
  • err.
  • goof.
  • miscalculate.
  • misconstrue.
  • misestimate.
  • misjudge.
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What does if I'm not mistaken mean?

phrase. You use expressions such as if I'm not mistaken and unless I'm very much mistaken as a polite way of emphasizing the statement you are making, especially when you are confident that it is correct. [emphasis]
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Is Mistaken an adverb?

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishmis‧tak‧en /məˈsteɪkən/ ●○○ adjective 1 → be mistaken2 → mistaken belief/idea/impression/view etc —mistakenly adverbExamples from the Corpusmistaken• Schultz was afraid to say anything, fearing she might be mistaken.
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What is the meaning of preheats?

Definition of preheat

transitive verb. : to heat (something) beforehand especially : to heat (an oven) to a designated temperature before using for cooking. Other Words from preheat Example Sentences Learn More About preheat.
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What is the past tense of forgive?

Forgave is the past tense of forgive.
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What is the past tense of drink?

In modern usage guides, drank is the past tense of drink, as in "I drank a lot last night," and drunk is the past participle (following "have"), as in "Yes, I have drunk wine before." Throughout history, however, these words have been confused and used in their opposite contexts, perhaps because of the association ...
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What is the past tense of freeze?

Freeze is the simple tense form of the verb. Froze is the past simple tense.
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