Miss Sharp never misplaces an inflection or slurs a word, she never uses slang, and yet there is nothing pedantic in her selection of language-it is just as if her habitual associates were all of the same class as herself, and that she never heard coarse speech.
"Man and Maid"
Elinor Glyn
Besides, sometimes one has a cold, misplaces the score, has the sick headache or feels inert.
"The Physiology of Taste"
Brillat Savarin
"Brother Copas," he murmured, "never misplaces an accent."
"Brother Copas"
Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch