What"s the Difference Between the Verbs "Amend" and "Emend"?
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Answers to Practice Exercises: Amend and Emend
(a) "Editors make choices about standardization of the form of the documents (placement of datelines, uniform indentation of paragraphs, etc.) as well as about how to emend the text (capitalization, punctuation, etc.)."
(Michael E. Stevens and Steven B. Burg, Editing Historical Documents: A Handbook of Practice. AltaMira Press, 1997)
(b) "[President] Eisenhower wanted to amend the Atomic Energy Act so the British could have access to whatever weapon information was necessary."
(Richard Hewlett and Jack Holl, Atoms for Peace and War, 1953-1961.
University of California Press, 1989)
Answers to Practice Exercises: Amend and Emend
(a) "Editors make choices about standardization of the form of the documents (placement of datelines, uniform indentation of paragraphs, etc.) as well as about how to emend the text (capitalization, punctuation, etc.)."
(Michael E. Stevens and Steven B. Burg, Editing Historical Documents: A Handbook of Practice. AltaMira Press, 1997)
(b) "[President] Eisenhower wanted to amend the Atomic Energy Act so the British could have access to whatever weapon information was necessary."
(Richard Hewlett and Jack Holl, Atoms for Peace and War, 1953-1961.
University of California Press, 1989)
