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.
had corrected
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past perfectof correct.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Surely someone had corrected the superintendent in 35 years, right?
From Slate ● Jun. 24, 2026
When the manuscript came back after the author reviewed the editing, I found he had reinstated many grammatical errors that I had corrected.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 15, 2022
He said there had been mistakes, but insisted the government had "corrected those within weeks".
From BBC ● Nov. 17, 2022
Required sprinklers and fire alarms were missing in an apartment after the landlord had added an extra bedroom to it, records show, though by September, the owner had corrected the problems.
From New York Times ● Nov. 2, 2022
For a long time when Marly was little, she had corrected Mother every time any one of the words was the least bit different, so now Mother always said it exactly right.
From "Miracles on Maple Hill" by Virginia Sorensen
