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.
has been correcting
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present perfect progressiveof correct (3rd person singular).present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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‘Vigilante Copy Editor’ A filmmaker searches for who has been correcting typos on placards in a Brooklyn sculpture garden.
From New York Times ● May 7, 2013
Chief Executive Milligan, 63, has been correcting the imbalances.
From Time Magazine Archive
Margot, the Annex’s Dutch teacher, has been correcting these letters for him.
From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank
That was the beginning and for weeks that Greek has been correcting my pronunciation.
From Vignettes of San Francisco by Almira Bailey
