[Essay] Barring an error on my part

[ARAM]

HI
Is author has mistaken?
Please help understanding this text.

Barring an error on my part, John Paul II Will thus have been the first. Pope to sanction in that way - timidly, it is true - the existence of the homicidal gas chambers.
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[bhaisahab]

HI
Is author has mistaken?
Please help understanding this text.

Barring an error on my part, John Paul II Will thus have been the first. Pope to sanction in that way - timidly, it is true - the existence of the homicidal gas chambers.
Thanks
Bye

The errors are, a capital "w" for "will", the full stop after "first" and the comma after "timidly".

 

[ARAM]

The errors are, a capital "w" for "will", the full stop after "first" and the comma after "timidly".

Thank you very much.
But I mean what is the meaning of "Barring an error on my part" in the text?
Those mistakes you has mentionend were on my part.

 

[bhaisahab]

Thank you very much.
But I mean what is the meaning of "Barring an error on my part" in the text?
Those mistakes you has mentionend were on my part.

It means "If I am not mistaken" or "If I haven't made a mistake".

 

[ARAM]

It means "If I am not mistaken" or "If I haven't made a mistake".

Thank you very much, that was very helpful.
I have some other posts, would you please help me in those questions.
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