correct
verb (used with object)
to set or make true, accurate, or right; remove the errors or faults from: The new glasses corrected his eyesight.
am correcting
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present progressiveof correct (1st person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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“I am correcting myself…. Reform UK is done…. We will do our own thing.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
I am correcting the proofs of a collection of what I have written on the subject of "truth"—it will appear in September under the title of "The Meaning of Truth, a Sequel to Pragmatism."
From The Letters of William James, Vol. II by William James
I am correcting a second edition of "Variation under Domestication," and find that I must do it pretty fully.
From More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 1 by Sir Francis Darwin
The first number, which comes to hand while I am correcting the proof of these pages, is throughout an ardent confession of "panhumanist" faith.
From The Forerunners by Romain Rolland
Mr Barrio has also, whilst I am correcting my proofs, delighted London with a servant who knows more than his masters.
From Man and Superman by Bernard Shaw
