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I didn't bother to check before writing this, but now that I do, Web search shows that 'Correction' is more common (~240M hits) than 'Correcting' (~43M hits). I wonder if either is 'technically' 'correct'? [[User:Jnc|Jnc]] ([[User talk:Jnc|talk]]) 18:09, 21 August 2022 (CEST)
 
I didn't bother to check before writing this, but now that I do, Web search shows that 'Correction' is more common (~240M hits) than 'Correcting' (~43M hits). I wonder if either is 'technically' 'correct'? [[User:Jnc|Jnc]] ([[User talk:Jnc|talk]]) 18:09, 21 August 2022 (CEST)
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: I think it is "Correction", because the name describes the process ("What does it do?"), and DEC used it that way. [[User:Vaxorcist|Vaxorcist]] ([[User talk:Vaxorcist|talk]]) 16:44, 22 August 2022 (CEST)

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Correction/correcting

I didn't bother to check before writing this, but now that I do, Web search shows that 'Correction' is more common (~240M hits) than 'Correcting' (~43M hits). I wonder if either is 'technically' 'correct'? Jnc (talk) 18:09, 21 August 2022 (CEST)

I think it is "Correction", because the name describes the process ("What does it do?"), and DEC used it that way. Vaxorcist (talk) 16:44, 22 August 2022 (CEST)