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Doing incorrect vs Doing Recorrect

The phrase 'doing incorrect' is incorrect and not commonly used in English. On the other hand, 'doing recorrect' is also not a standard phrase in English. Both phrases are incorrect and should be avoided.

Last updated: March 29, 2024 • 878 views

Doing incorrect

This phrase is incorrect and not commonly used in English.

The correct form would be 'doing something incorrectly' or 'doing something wrong.'
  • Only do this if you know what you're doing! An incorrect MIME type could cause the attachment to be sent incorrectly, or mean that the attachment will not be able to be rebuilt after sending.
  • However, our duty as politicians is to protect patients from incorrect and misleading is what we are doing today.
  • While there are occasions where criminal culpability may be evident, this is generally incorrect, inappropriate, and very damaging to a profession who is doing a rather difficult, stressful, and sometimes dangerous job very successfully;
  • According to the claimant, the Commission applied an incorrect standard for the purpose of determining the liability of a parent company and in so doing wrongly concluded that the claimant was principally liable for the alleged conduct of Koninklijke Wegenbouw Stevin B.V.

Alternatives:

  • doing something incorrectly
  • doing something wrong

Doing Recorrect

This phrase is not a standard expression in English.

Instead of 'doing recorrect,' you can use 'correcting' or 'making corrections.'
  • Had his license revoked two years ago for doing to another patient what he's now doing to you.
  • Thackery is doing things no other surgeon is doing.
  • My first job off the boat was doing what these fellas are doing.
  • They are doing it themselves and have been doing so for a long time.
  • The gap is between doing anything and doing nothing.
  • But doing what you're doing now, risking another felony arrest...
  • Doing something different, doing something innovative.
  • And Carol specifically asked me to keep doing what I'm doing.
  • Doing what you should be doing...
  • If you allow Professor Gellar to continue doing what he's doing, according to James here, it's just as much of a sin as doing the killings yourself.
  • I, like other British Conservatives, want to see the European Union going in a different direction by doing less and doing it better.
  • We're doing this one in 30 days.
  • I'm doing the Budapest competition.
  • Friends doing each other a favor.
  • We agreed to stop doing this.
  • Just doing what he was told.
  • The French police are doing their best.
  • The Palmer center is doing a wonderful retrospective of impressionists.
  • Carl Lee Hailey knew what he was doing.
  • All those months doing a stunningly boring chore.

Alternatives:

  • correcting
  • making corrections

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