correct
part of speech
adjective; verb (correct, corrects, corrected, correcting)
meaning for a pupil
1) Correct means right, true, or without mistakes. tree →
2) Correct can mean proper or suitable, like the correct way to behave. tree →
3) To correct means to find and fix mistakes. tree →
4) A teacher corrects work by marking what is right and wrong. tree →
sense in the lessons
In maths and spelling «correct» is the right answer; teachers correct homework and you correct your own mistakes. Phrases: «the correct answer», «correct me if I'm wrong», «politically correct», «correct the mistakes».
examples
- That is the correct answer. tree →
- Please correct your spelling mistakes. tree →
- The teacher corrected our tests. tree →
- Is this the correct way to hold a pencil? tree →
- Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't it Tuesday? tree →
- She got nine out of ten correct. tree →
- Glasses correct poor eyesight. tree →
- Now he thought his opinion was evidently correct. tree →
note
Opposite: incorrect or wrong. Adverb: correctly; noun: correction. Spelling: double r. In maths «9 out of 10 correct» means 9 right and 1 wrong.
In the corpora
- A person with dementia may mix up names or think it is years ago; correcting them sharply can upset them.
- Corrections are usually much smaller than the false stories they correct, so be slow to believe a shocking first story.
- "Breaking news" means news that has only just come in; early details and numbers are often wrong and get corrected later.
- When a bot is asked "are you sure?", it sometimes gives up a correct answer.
- So when you are wrong you can be corrected, and when you don't know you can say so.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «correct» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.