Fixed typo vs Fix the typo

Both phrases are correct, but they are different in meaning. A 'fixed typo' is a typo that has already been corrected. 'Fix the typo' is a command or instruction to correct an error that is still present.

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Last updated: August 06, 2024

Fixed typo

This phrase is correct and commonly used to describe a typo that has already been corrected.

This phrase is used to indicate that a typo has been identified and corrected in the past.

Examples:

I found a fixed typo in the document.

Alternatives:

typo has been fixed
corrected typo

Fix the typo

This phrase is correct and commonly used as an instruction to correct a typo that is still present.

This phrase is used to give a command or instruction to correct a typo that has been identified.

Examples:

Please fix the typo in the email.

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When we read our own texts our brains fix the typos and we don't see them. Luckily word processing tools can fix some of them.
Other unrelated cleanups: www/index.html: Fix some typos, set next release date.
I did fix this massive typo once, so...
That's sort of analogous to the way that we use a word-processing program to fix a typo in a document.
Now I wish I hadn't circled the typos.
I'm sorry about the typo.
The typo's on the ransom note.
In 1928 the first model appeared: the Typo 107.
Some of the typo errors occur because the spellchecker will not make any distinction among genuine words thus it fails to check the syntax.
Fix the incentives, fix the incentives, fix the incentives...
Most writers (translators are writers as well) believe that it is best to know the typo errors they constantly commit.
We learn from the typos and spelling mistakes that we all make when searching to help to give you quicker and more accurate search results.
Remember I told you about that e-mail from Abby concerning the typo in my report?
To save time, I saw they used the same sequence, which is ok... but they could have fixed the typos and spelling errors if they had thoroughly checked the campaigns before and after each webinar.
Howard, who is probably best known for co-authoring Writing Secure Code, went on to say that the typo - an errant"&" character - is the "core issue" in the MSVidCtl ActiveX control.
There are three basic types of skip trace accounts, they are:The Typo AccountThis account is really not a skip trace account.
Fix the funeral for Wednesday, Golders Green.
Enough scratch to fix the ship.
Go ahead and fix the generator.
Only completely reinstalling Windows would fix the computer.

Alternatives:

correct the typo
rectify the typo

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