Abstract: There is provided a mechanism for correcting the printing position of an electronic typewriter comprising a working pin attached to a ribbon bracket, the working pin cooperating with a ribbon cam so as to move the ribbon bracket to a printing or correction position, a coil spring for resiliently supporting the working pin, a printing track groove and correction track groove formed in one side of the ribbon cam and connected to each other, a correction angle formed between the starting points of the printing and correction grooves, and two slopes respectively formed in the starting points of the grooves. The lower ends of a push pawl and pawl locker are connected to carriage body respectively by means of a push pawl coil spring and pawl locker coil spring. A push cam is rotated by the turning force of a motor transmitted via an idle gear and following gear, and the pawl locker contacts the push pawl locker of the push pawl.