had corrected
- past perfect of correct.
Example Sentences
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Surely someone had corrected the superintendent in 35 years, right?
From Slate ● Jun. 24, 2026
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
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
Ammu had corrected the spelling mistakes, and below the essay had written: If I am Talking to somebody you may interrupt me only if it is very urgent.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
