I would like to straighten out a misconception about the dress Mrs. Coolidge is wearing in this painting.

The other misconception is that our ecumenical problems will be solved if only the knowledge of the church in its world-wide extension and its interdenominational connections, now comprehended by many national leaders, can be communicated to all congregations.

This misconception is often directed at the Arminian possibility of apostasy, which critics maintain requires continual good works to achieve final salvation.

The name " Apus " is derived from the Greek " apous ", meaning " without feet ", which referred to the Western conception of a bird-of-paradise as one without feet, a misconception perpetuated by the fact that the only specimens available in the West had both feet and wings removed.

This is to emphasize that the sacrament is available, and recommended, to all those suffering from any serious illness, and to dispel the common misconception that it is exclusively for those at or very near the point of death.

A widespread misconception is that anode polarity is always positive (+).

It is a misconception that angular momentum is always about the same axis as angular velocity.

It is worth noting that Alma doesn't actually compare faith to a seed, he compares the word to a seed, although this is a common misconception.

It is a common misconception that Jackie Robinson was the first African-American major-league ballplayer ; he was actually only the first after a long gap ( and the first in the modern era ).

A common misconception is to use inverse order of encryption as decryption algorithm ( i. e. first XORing P17 and P18 to the ciphertext block, then using the P-entries in reverse order ).

Someone with a positive tuberculin reaction is not given BCG, because the risk of severe local inflammation and scarring is high, not because of the common misconception that tuberculin reactors " are already immune " and therefore do not need BCG.

( NA Broderick and others., 2006 ) This is contrary to the common misconception that Bt toxin kills the larvae by starvation.

Another misconception, enhanced by Guderian's own account, that he was the sole creator of German tactical and operational methodology is also misleading.

The misconception that Lisp is a purely interpreted language is most likely because Lisp environments provide an interactive prompt and that code is compiled one-by-one, in an incremental way.

A common misconception about cranberry production is that the beds remain flooded throughout the year.

It is a common misconception that Canadian whiskies are primarily made using rye grain.

A common misconception is that Richard Childress Racing " owns the rights " to the No. 3 in NASCAR competition ( fueled by the fact that Kevin Harvick's car has a little No. 3 as an homage to Earnhardt and the usage of the No. 3 on the Camping World Series truck of Ty Dillon ), but in fact no team owns the rights to this or any other number: However, according to established NASCAR procedures, RCR would have priority over other teams if and when the time came to reuse the number.

It is a common misconception that using this carrier frequency is not legal as emissions extend beyond the 4000 kHz band edge.

Frank Wisner, a well-known CIA operations executive said of the autobiography of Director of Central Intelligence Allen W. Dulles, that Dulles " disposes of the popular misconception that counterintelligence is essentially a negative and responsive activity, that it moves only or chiefly in reaction to situations thrust upon it and in counter to initiatives mounted by the opposition " Rather, he sees that can be most effective, both in information gathering and protecting friendly intelligence services, when it creatively but vigorously attacks the " structure and personnel of hostile intelligence services.

Ironically, this highly irregular policy ( along with the subsequent fame of Frank Frazetta ) has led to the misconception that his strip was " ghosted " by other hands.

A common misconception is that, during impact, fractures along these bands cause the tip of the penetrator to continuously shed material, maintaining the tip's conical shape, whereas other materials such as unjacketed tungsten tend to deform into a less effective rounded profile, an effect called " mushrooming ".

The reports of his expeditions along the Baja California peninsula are credited with being influential in the perpetuation of the 17th century cartographic misconception of the existence of the Island of California.

It is a common misconception that the graffiti was tied to the Berlin Wall, " Chad " long pre-dated the wall.

A common misconception about dyslexia is that dyslexic readers write words backwards or move letters around when reading – this only occurs in a very small population of dyslexic readers.

A common misconception holds that a non-validating XML parser does not have to read document type declarations, when in fact, the document type declarations must still be scanned for correct syntax as well as validity of declarations, and the parser must still parse all entity declarations in the internal subset, and substitute the replacement texts of internal entities occurring anywhere in the document type declaration or in the document body.

The afflicted person's eyes may look, as well as feel abnormally " wide " or " open ", rarely blinking ; this sometimes contributes to clinicians ' misconception that a manic patient is under the influence of a stimulant drug when the patient is either not on any mind-altering substances, or is in fact under the influence of a depressant drug in a misguided effort to stave off destructive and unwanted manic impulses.

It is a common misconception that the filter is a 3 pole 18dB per octave design when in fact it is 4-pole 24dB per octave.

A common misconception is that a Telecom Audit only relates to the area of telecom cost, when if fact it encompasses just about every communications service that a business expends its budget on.

A common misconception is that activities such as NATO's intervention in the Kosovo War are peacekeeping operations, when they were, in reality, peace enforcement.

It is a common misconception that Mary Chapin Carpenter is closely related to Chapin, when in fact they are merely fifth cousins.

A common misconception is that Coandă effect is demonstrated when a stream of tap water flows over the back of a spoon held lightly in the stream and the spoon is pulled into the stream.

A common misconception is that scientific theories are rudimentary ideas that will eventually graduate into scientific laws when enough data and evidence has been accumulated.

Also known as a continuing misrepresentation, a lie by omission occurs when an important fact is left out in order to foster a misconception.

It is a commonly held misconception that when flushed, the water in a toilet bowl swirls one way if the toilet is north of the equator and the other way if south of the equator, due to the Coriolis effect – usually, counter clockwise in the northern hemisphere, and clockwise in the southern hemisphere.

There is a common misconception that petroleum jelly and glycerol ( glycerine ) are physically similar, because they feel similar when applied to human skin.

This misconception led Alexander, or perhaps another unknown writer, to borrow language from Jefferson's well-known Declaration of Independence when the Mecklenburg Declaration was written from Alexander's rough notes.

It is a common misconception that the gondola is a paddled vessel when the correct term is rowed i. e. " I rowed my gondola to work ".

( A popular misconception is that the rock group Devo composed and performed the title song sans credit ; when asked about this in 2011, Mark Mothersbaugh said he wasn't even familiar with the series.

Their use of this term is based on a layperson's misconception that an accurate translation is achieved simply when " the correct " words of the target language are substituted for the corresponding words of ST.

A common misconception is that the tenderloin is also called a Chateaubriand steak, when in fact, the Chateaubriand is a recipe for a particular tenderloin steak which originates from France.

It is a common misconception that masks in Lucha Libre spring from the Aztec, Inca or Mayan tradition but the mask, or " Máscara " in Spanish, was first introduced in Mexico when promoter saw American wrestler " Cyclone " McKey working in Texas and decided to bring McKey to work for his promotion, Empresa Mexicana de la Lucha Libre ( EMLL ).

Addressing the public criticism expressed following the ECJ's decision and the alleged erosion of Parliamentary sovereignty, Lord Bridge remarked that such comments were " based on a misconception ", and that under the European Communities Act 1972, the law regulating the UK's membership of the EU, it had " always been clear that it was the duty of a United Kingdom court when delivering final judgment, to override any rule of national law found to be in conflict with any directly enforceable rule of Community law.

It is a popular misconception that Sugar Loaf is an ' extinct volcano '; an idea born perhaps from the striking resemblance of its conical outline, particularly when seen from the east, to that of a classic volcano.

Automation causes a false sense of security, a misconception that when technology suggests a course of action, errors are avoided.

It is a common misconception that punctual can also, when talking about grammar, mean " to be accurate.