'correction' is a correct and usable word in written English.
You can use it to refer to the process of fixing mistakes or errors, to the changes made to something in order to make it better, or to something that has been fixed. For example: "The teacher made a few corrections to the student's essay before handing it back."
The following correction was printed in the Guardian's Corrections and clarifications column, Thursday 23 June 2011.
The following correction was printed in the Guardian's Corrections and clarifications column, Saturday 2 October 2010 The leader below implied that Tony Curtis was either the speaker or the object of "the best last line of any film", namely: "Well, nobody's perfect".
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When a mistake is published on the front page of a newspaper the victim is often heard saying they want a front page correction.
Smacking is evidently distinct from outright physical abuse, but there is evidence that, among some parents, the use of whips, belts and electrical flex is considered a perfectly acceptable means of "correction".
But what impact will those few lines of correction have compared with the huge body of journalism that has been repeating it for so long as fact?
3pm correction: A tweet attributed to Malala Yousafzai was from a fake account.
And because we are open, with no paywall, we are able to put the reader at the heart of what we do; we are open to suggestion, correction, clarification, engagement and debate.
The following correction was printed in the Guardian's Corrections and clarifications column, 15 November 2010 The article below put the number of female heads of state attending at four, and included among them the German chancellor, Angela Merkel, and Australia's prime minister, Julia Gillard.
So much for a happy new year in Laos, where neither political liberalisation nor the urgently needed debate about development look likely.(Picture credit: The Economist, T.F .Correction and a clarification: We have had to change several lines in this article to correct a confusion regarding which report on the survey of 16 provinces was actually published by the Vientiane Times.
Who will mock Comcast, if Kabletown becomes Kablecountry Correction: An earlier version of this article said that Liberty Global, not Liberty Media, is a potential bidder for TWC and has bought a stake in Charter Communications.
