V-dogg's version + _cheerios addition of <error></error>:
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<configurations>
	<configuration>
		<validators method="write">
			<validator class="string" severity="error" name="reply_text_short">
				<arguments>
					<argument>reply[usertext]</argument>
				</arguments>
				<errors>
					<error></error>
					<error for="min">You have not entered enough text into the reply edit box, it must contain as least 2 characters</error>
					<error for="max">You have exceeded the character limit allowed to be submitted by a reply, it must not be more then 5000 characters</error>
				</errors>
				<parameters>
					<parameter name="min">1</parameter>
					<parameter name="max">5000</parameter>
				</parameters>
			</validator>
		</validators>
	</configuration>
</configurations>


REPLY
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array
  0 => 
    array
      'message' => string '' (length=0)
      'errors' => 
        array
          0 => string 'reply[usertext]' (length=15)