I'm preparing for my first season as an official and was reading this section of the rule book and case book last night.
My interpretation is that spotting the ball is the end of the preceeding play not the beginning of the succeeding play, therefore in the case listed, the error occurs during 3rd down. As soon as the ball is made live for 4th down, this error becomes uncorrectable.
Just like the case book says. As a rookie, who am I to question the case book?
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