What part of speech is correcting?

Correcting can be categorized as a verb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. correcting is a verb, gerund of correct (infinitive).

Inflections

Verb

What does correcting mean?

Definitions

Verb

correct - make right or correct; "Correct the mistakes"; "rectify the calculation"
correct - treat a defect; "The new contact lenses will correct for his myopia"
correct - alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard; "Adjust the clock, please"; "correct the alignment of the front wheels"
correct - make reparations or amends for; "right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust"
correct - censure severely; "She chastised him for his insensitive remarks"
correct - adjust for; "engineers will work to correct the effects or air resistance"
correct - punish in order to gain control or enforce obedience; "The teacher disciplined the pupils rather frequently"
correct - go down in value; "the stock market corrected"; "prices slumped"

Examples of correcting

#   Sentence  
1. verb A man of weak will is the target of criticism; even his friends would badger him into correcting his defects.
2. verb The teacher was immediately at work correcting that day's test.
3. verb He is busy correcting test papers.
4. verb Correcting one another, we will all improve our Esperanto.
5. verb Correcting is sometimes harder than writing.
6. verb Teachers must be tired of correcting the same mistakes over and over again in their students' papers.
7. verb Shishir has been correcting a lot of sentences lately.
8. verb Thank you for correcting this mistake.
9. verb The first step to correcting a mistake is patience.
10. verb Tom is correcting exam papers.
11. verb I am correcting my mistakes.
12. verb We are correcting spelling mistakes.
13. verb Thank you for correcting my text.
14. verb Why are you correcting this text?
15. verb I assume you're working on correcting the mistakes.
Sentence  
verb
A man of weak will is the target of criticism; even his friends would badger him into correcting his defects.
The teacher was immediately at work correcting that day's test.
He is busy correcting test papers.
Correcting one another, we will all improve our Esperanto.
Correcting is sometimes harder than writing.
Teachers must be tired of correcting the same mistakes over and over again in their students' papers.
Shishir has been correcting a lot of sentences lately.
Thank you for correcting this mistake.
The first step to correcting a mistake is patience.
Tom is correcting exam papers.
I am correcting my mistakes.
We are correcting spelling mistakes.
Thank you for correcting my text.
Why are you correcting this text?
I assume you're working on correcting the mistakes.

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