“We need to emend the contract to include the new clause.”
Confusables Entry 46 / 1011 60-second read
Amend vs. Emend
Changing for improvement versus correcting a text.
The comparisoni
“We need to amend the contract to include the new clause.”
More examplesii
01
The bill was emended in the senate.
The bill was amended in the senate.
02
Please amend the typos in the documentation.
Please emend the typos in the documentation.
The ruleiii
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AMEND = to change for the better or add to (laws, contracts).
Both involve 'fixing' or 'changing' something, and they share a similar root. 'Emend' is much more specific to editing and proofreading.
Memory aidiv
Remember it like this
E-mend is for E-diting. A-mend is for A-dding or A-ltering.