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Correct Correctly I Correctness Correcting Accordance Mistakes Make

word correct
definition
adjective
If something is correct, it is in accordance with the facts and has no mistakes .
The correct answers can be found at the bottom of page 8.
The following information was correct at time of going to press.
Doctors examine their patients thoroughly in order to make a correct diagnosis.
Did I pronounce your name correctly?
You have to correctly answer each question.
Ask the investor to check the correctness of what he has written.
If someone is correct, what they have said or thought is true.
You are absolutely correct. The leaves are from a bay tree.
If Casey is correct, the total cost of the cleanup would come to $110 billion.
The correct thing or method is the thing or method that is required or is most suitable in a particular situation .
The use of the correct materials was crucial.
White was in no doubt the referee made the correct decision.
...the correct way to produce a crop of tomato plants.
If correctly executed, this shot will get the ball close to the hole.
If you say that someone is correct in doing something, you approve of their action.
You are perfectly correct in trying to steer your mother towards increased independence.
I think the president was correct to reject the offer.
When an accident happens, quite correctly questions are asked.
If a person or their behaviour is correct, their behaviour is in accordance with social or other rules .
I think the men are very polite and very correct.
We were rather surprised by their sporting and correct behaviour.
She behaved correctly but not affectionately towards her father.
...his stiff-legged gait and formal correctness.
verb
If you correct a problem, mistake, or fault, you do something which puts it right.
He may need surgery to correct the problem.
He has criticised the government for inefficiency and delays in correcting past mistakes.
...legislation to require the correction of factual errors.
We will then make the necessary corrections.
If you correct someone, you say something which you think is more accurate or appropriate than what they have just said.
'Actually, that isn't what happened,' George corrects me.
I must correct him on a minor point.
When someone corrects a piece of writing, they look at it and mark the mistakes in it.
He focused on preparing his classes and correcting his students' work.
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