I Correct Corrected Correcting Kəˈrekt Mistakes Made Work

• read through your work and correct any mistakes that you find.
• their eyesight can be corrected in just a few minutes by the use of a laser.
• they issued a statement correcting the one they had made earlier.
• i spent all evening correcting essays.

correct

1. to make something right or accurate, for example by changing it or removing mistakes
• Read through your work and correct any mistakes that you find.
• Their eyesight can be corrected in just a few minutes by the use of a laser.
• They issued a statement correcting the one they had made earlier.
2. to mark the mistakes in a piece of work (and sometimes give a mark/grade to the work)
• I spent all evening correcting essays.
3. to tell somebody that they have made a mistake
• Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't this last year's brochure?
• Yes, you're right—I stand corrected (= I accept that I made a mistake).
• ‘It's Yates, not Wates,’ she corrected him.
• I'll be there at five fifteen, I mean five fifty—ten to six.
• It'll be Tuesday—sorry, I meant to say Thursday.
• Sorry, what I mean is, we need two handouts per person.
• We can meet in the conference centre—or rather in front of the centre.
• The painter—or should I say, the sculptor—was born in Padua.
• It's one t and double s—no, sorry, one s and double t.
• It's on the fifth floor—no, actually, it's the fourth.
• Can I get two lattes and an espresso—no, scratch that, three lattes.

Extra Examples

• ‘She’s his girlfriend.’ ‘His sister,’ Ian corrected.
• At this stage you should be able to correct at least some of your own mistakes.
• I’d like to correct the impression that my client has any kind of criminal record.
• It’s simply not true that teachers no longer correct bad spellings.
• Minor problems with eyesight can now be corrected in a few seconds.
• They issued a statement correcting what they had said earlier.
• When I’ve corrected your assignments, I want you to write them out again.

Verb Forms

• present simple I / you / we / they correct
• he / she / it corrects
• past simple corrected
• past participle corrected
• -ing form correcting

Word Origin

• Middle English (as a verb): from Latin correct- ‘made straight, amended’, from the verb corrigere, from cor- ‘together’ + regere ‘guide’. The adjective is via French.