Collocations for "correct"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "correct" in context.
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correct
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.adj
- the correct [answer, amount, order, information]
- that is the correct [answer]
- (that is) correct
- yes, that's correct
- that is the correct attitude to have
- the correct [use, operation, handling] of
- the correct [way, path, route, method] (to)
- correct [behavior, manners, etiquette]
- the correct [spelling, name, way to address]
- use correct grammar
- their [calculations, theory] turned out to be correct
- their [calculations] proved (to be) correct
- everything [seems, appears] to be correct (here)
- you are correct in [your assumption, thinking]
- it is not correct to [say, call]
- all present and correct
- correct [his pronunciation, her speech, my spelling]
- correcting [my mistakes, your errors]
- correct [your homework, the exams, their papers]
- correct and grade
- correct the [facts, dates, information]
- "No," she corrected him
- corrected him by [showing, doing, demonstrating, helping]
- don't hesitate to correct me
- [I must, let me, I have to] correct you (there)
- she [quickly, hurriedly] corrected herself
- [doesn't like, dislikes] being corrected
- being corrected in front of [others, other people, his friends]
- correct his [vision, condition, scoliosis]
- correct the [problem, issue]
- [should, could, must] be corrected
- has (already) been corrected
'correct' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
alignment
- answer
- assessment
- assumption
- circle
- conduct
- deem
- diagnosis
- disposal
- documentation
- error
- false
- far
- grammar
- ink
- insert
- invoice
- maintenance
- marker
- may
- merchant
- might
- mismatch
- mistake
- neither
- noun
- present
- pronunciation
- proof
- revision
- shortfall
- silence
- spelling
- translator
- true
- understood
- undoubtedly
- use