Correct and Finish

Correct

Correct verb - To remove errors, defects, deficiencies, or deviations from.

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Finish and correct are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Finish" instead a verb "Correct".

Finish verb - To bring (something) to a state where nothing remains to be done.

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Correct and finish are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Correct" instead a verb "Finish".

Nearby Words: finished, finis, finishing, finisher

series	correct series	finish series
film	correct film	finish film

His short —All You Zombies— involves a time agent making sure he completes the correct steps to finish the changes he remembers happening earlier in his life.

Source: You Already Changed the Past
In other words if you finish the series and come to the conclusion that Apollo is Apollonius you're correct; if you watch the sequel and come to the conclusion that Apollo is Pollon you're still correct.

Source: Anime / Genesis of Aquarion
The mentioned illustration comes in the point where the Master Verb gives him a final task: finish writing his death order by putting only one comma in the correct sentence: Execute not pardon.

Source: Wanton Cruelty to the Common Comma

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