How can you miss something this far off.

[tufguy]

Tom: My id number is 123456.
Tim: okay, it is 15678 correct?
Tom: No, it is completely different from what you just said. It is 123456.
Tim: Laughingly, I am sorry. That is so stupid of me. How can you miss something this far off.

Is it correct to say "How can you miss something this far off"?

 

[emsr2d2]

Tom: My id ID number is 123456.
Tim: Okay, it is 15678. Is that correct?
Tom: No, it is completely different from what you just said. It is 123456.
Tim (laughing): Laughingly, I am sorry. That is so stupid of me. How can you miss something this far off?

See my corrections above.
1. We've told you countless times that the abbreviation for "identity" or "identification" must be capitalised - "ID".
2. Why on earth didn't you capitalise the first letter of Tim's first word?
3. "it is 15678 correct?" is not grammatically correct. I'm certain that you know this.
4. By putting "Laughingly" after the colon, you were suggesting that Tim said "Laughingly" as part of his sentence.
5. I'm certain you know that something starting "How can you" must be a question and therefore must end with a question mark.

Is it correct to say "How can you miss something this far off"?

Absolutely not. For a start, it makes no sense. Also, why would Tim use "you" when he's the one who got it wrong. He'd say something like "How could I get it so wrong?"

 

[Skrej]

Or even "How could I be so far off?"

 

[tufguy]

See my corrections above.
1. We've told you countless times that the abbreviation for "identity" or "identification" must be capitalised - "ID".
2. Why on earth didn't you capitalise the first letter of Tim's first word?
3. "it is 15678 correct?" is not grammatically correct. I'm certain that you know this.
4. By putting "Laughingly" after the colon, you were suggesting that Tim said "Laughingly" as part of his sentence.
5. I'm certain you know that something starting "How can you" must be a question and therefore must end with a question mark.

Absolutely not. For a start, it makes no sense. Also, why would Tim use "you" when he's the one who got it wrong. He'd say something like "How could I get it so wrong?"

How about this "it is 15678 correct". What is the correct way?

 

[5jj]

How about this "it is 15678 correct". What is the correct way?

emsr2d2 showed you in her corrections in post #2.