emendation

Example Sentences

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Despite these emendations, this “Seagull” remains surprisingly faithful to the spirit, if not the letter, of Chekhov’s original.

From New York Times

Between narrative passages, we can see editorial notes for future emendations, e.g.

From Washington Post

Our scripts are just filled with that same sort of crossing out and emendations that Hemingway did.

From New York Times

“In conversation, those uneasy eyes upon you, those lips ready with an emendation before you have begun to speak, are a powerful deterrent to unreality, even to hope.”

From New York Times

The “Salome” volume is a work of meticulous scholarship, incorporating the emendations that Strauss made after the première.

From The New Yorker