“Personally, I do not think that I would have made that mistake” can give the impression of arrogance and I don’t think any person should be so confident that they don’t make errors even where they least expect it.”
I apologize if you took my words that way – I hesitated before including them, but felt that it was important in order not to imply anything negative about the author of the book quoted. My point was not that I am incapable of misunderstanding something.
My point was that in this case, I had not understood the words that way when you first quoted it, even before I looked it up (although I did make sure to look it up before commenting). I felt it was important to point that out, so that no one would think that I was implying that the book was written in such a way that it can be easily misunderstood.
I was trying my hardest to phrase things in such a way that they would neither be offensive to you nor imply anything negative about the authors of the book quoted.
I do agree that we are all human and that anyone can misunderstand something no matter how well it’s written. That was actually the point that I was trying to make.
Thank you for giving me the opportunity to clarify.