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The elicitation process, which provides initial data for further analysis in various decision making problems, can influence the final result (preference scores, weights). The elicitation process is crucial for getting consistent, near-consistent or inconsistent PCM. Decision support systems apply different approaches in practice. This paper aims at investigating two questions. Correction methods are interpreted and analyzed from the viewpoints of their philosophy and techniques to decrease the degree of inconsistency. On the other hand improving consistency in real-world decision problems is not possible without additional information from the decision maker. The proposed interactive method can be applied for individual decision making problems with verbal scale. The involvement of the decision maker and a heuristic rule can ensure that the process either provides a near-consistent and error-free PCM or demonstrates the inability of the decision maker to reach that goal.