Sentence examples for proposal for correcting from inspiring English sources

To argue differently is to line up behind Jonathan Swift and the prescriptivists (see Swift's essay "A Proposal for Correcting, Improving and Ascertaining the English Tongue").

A second attempt was made in 1712, when Jonathan Swift addressed an open letter to Robert Harley, earl of Oxford, then Lord Treasurer, making "A Proposal for Correcting, Improving, and Ascertaining [fixing] the English Tongue".

I am always surprised when people assume, as Rosen does here, that Jonathan Swift was being completely serious when he wrote "A Proposal for Correcting, Improving and Ascertaining the English Tongue", but in general he has a pleasingly wise set of opinions.

Thanks for correcting me.

"Our proposal simply corrects an inequity," he said.

SA conceived of the study, drafted proposal and corrected manuscript.

Additionally, SWMI can help in the decision process to improve the water management level through the proposal of correct and accurate directions for investment and business.

This algorithm required an initial proposal for the baseline probability of correct performance.

If this proposal for the transduction mechanism is correct, it follows that the patterns of sound pressure on the actuated bony surfaces of the TPC are so complex that the intricate vibrational interactions can only be seen with the aid of computers.

Mr. Obama's new proposals begin to correct those problems.

For instance, "correcting spelling".