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Collocations for correct - verb

Correct is used with these nouns as the object:
bias, defect, deficiency, deficit, deformity, distortion, error, fault, flaw, grammar, imbalance, impression, inaccuracy, inconsistency, injustice, misconception, misinformation, mistake, misunderstanding, omission, perception, problem, pronunciation, record, shortcoming, situation, spelling, squint, vision, wrong

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Collocations for correct - adj.

VERBS

be, prove, seem
His first idea proved correct.

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ADVERB

absolutely, completely, entirely, perfectly, quite
What you say is perfectly correct, but it gives the wrong impression.
not entirely, not strictly
He is not entirely correct in his assumptions.
basically, broadly, essentially, fundamentally, largely, more or less, substantially
His estimate has turned out to be more or less correct.
clearly, undoubtedly
ideologically, politically (sometimes disapproving)
He was an interesting speaker, if not always politically correct in his views.
legally, technically
morally
anatomically, factually, grammatically
The sentence is grammatically correct, but not very idiomatic.

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PREPOSITION

in
The diagram is correct in every detail.
I think I am correct in saying that this project is the first of its kind.

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Correct is used with these nouns:
address, alignment, answer, assumption, balance, calculation, conclusion, context, diagnosis, distance, dosage, dose, etiquette, explanation, fit, forecast, grammar, guess, identification, information, interpretation, manner, meaning, number, order, password, path, pitch, position, posture, prediction, presumption, procedure, pronunciation, proportion, reading, reply, response, sequence, size, solution, spelling, stance, term, terminology, translation, usage, use, view

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