Correcting texts and assessments is a common task for teachers.
Originating in Latin, the term correction refers to the action and results of correcting . This verb, in turn, refers to rectifying or reversing a fault or error .
For example: "I must correct this text before sending it to the editor" , "There was a problem correcting the book and it was published with a spelling mistake on the first page" , "The correction of the ball's trajectory was not sufficient and it ended up entering the goal" .
Correction of teachers
Correction is also known as the process of control and modification that a person with authority carries out on an evaluation or a text.
In this sense, teachers are those in charge of correcting the exams that their students give, while an editor is the person who is dedicated to correcting the articles written by a writer or journalist: "The exam correction will be ready tomorrow" , "I'm tired of the correction being so strict" .
When something is corrected, its errors are rectified.
Style review
A proofreader is someone who is given a work before it is published so that he can make the changes necessary to finish it properly; it is an essential profession in the publishing market, although it is little recognized and even ignored.
This professional is not a writer who takes another's work and embellishes it; his job is to study and improve the typographical and grammatical aspects , that is, to polish syntax and grammar issues and all those details that prevent the work from being read cleanly or that prevent its understanding . His job is essential to achieve a good finish in the works, fundamentally because the writer is the worst proofreader for his own work, since while analyzing concepts that have to do with style, he also observes other aspects of the story (characters, events, etc.) and then he may not notice small details that deserve to be revised. Also, as we all know, four eyes always see more than two.
In addition, the proofreader has to notice inconsistencies or contradictions in the text, such as a character having a certain name at the beginning and then having his name changed (the author will change it on every page but it is normal for some pages to be skipped), or when the order of the chapters is reversed and details are missed, for example, at one point a fact that will happen in the future is mentioned. The proofreader must read carefully, analyze the facts and understand what things need to be changed so that the text has a more presentable finish.
Proofreading
In proofreading, professionals use a series of symbols to mark the changes that are necessary in the work and then make them on the computer; this way, organized and detailed work can be carried out.
It is normal that when a writer submits his work to a publisher, they ask for a style correction to ensure that the text has been reviewed correctly. In many cases, the publishers themselves have proofreaders who are responsible for carrying out this task, although sometimes it is the authors themselves who look for a proofreader and are responsible for returning the finished work to the publisher .
Proofreading and editing, in short, allows a good work that has been poorly written to be modified so that readers can better understand and enjoy it; in many cases, the work of proofreaders is essential for texts to be accepted and published by a publisher.
The quality of one who is correct and a rhetorical figure
Correctness is, on the other hand, the quality or the main characteristic of someone who is correct . That is why it allows us to name someone who is free of faults or imperfections: "Carlos has behaved very correctly" , "The book did not deserve any correction on my part" .
In rhetoric , correction (also called epanorthosis ) is a figure of speech used when, after having uttered an expression, a different one is proposed to correct the previous one or expand the notion: "You are very intelligent, what am I saying, you are a true genius."
Finally, it may be mentioned that "Correction" is an engraving by the Spanish artist Francisco de Goya , which was published in 1799 as part of the series called "Los caprichos" .