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
He added that he had "corrected the record" as soon as possible after Ms Gray's report was published.
From BBC ● Mar. 21, 2023
This time, F.S.D. had corrected itself, but if it hadn’t, the crash would have surely killed us.
From New York Times ● Jan. 17, 2023
“As of December 2021, SSA had corrected one of these errors.”
From Washington Post ● Apr. 29, 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
