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To “[[amend]]” is to “[[change]]”. So is to “[[modify]]”. These words are exact synonyms. A language lover might argue that, of those three synonyms, “change” is the simplest and, therefore, best. | To “[[amend]]” is to “[[change]]”. So is to “[[modify]]”. These words are exact synonyms. A language lover might argue that, of those three synonyms, “change” is the simplest and, therefore, best. | ||
====[[Supplement]]==== | ====[[Supplement]]==== | ||
To “[[supplement]]” is not, ''quite'', a synonym, but nearly: one might append something to the foot of an agreement — that is to say, ''supplement'' it — in a way that has no effect on the agreement itself, the same way one might “[[supplement]]” a Morris Minor with a caravan and head off to Wales. So loaded, your Morris | To “[[supplement]]” is not, ''quite'', a synonym, but nearly: one might append something to the foot of an agreement — that is to say, ''supplement'' it — in a way that has no effect on the agreement itself, the same way one might “[[supplement]]” a Morris Minor with a caravan and head off to Wales. So loaded, your Morris might struggle over the Chilterns, but it is still the same, ''un[[amended]]'' vehicle. But an agreement so “supplemented” isn’t ''changed'', so there is no harm in neglecting that kind of supplement from your catalogue of legal contingencies. If your supplement ''does'' change the terms of the existing [[agreement]], as a physical conversion of a Morris Minor into a campervan might, then — well, it ''is'' an [[amendment]], isn’t it? In ''that'' sense “[[supplement]]” ''is'' an exact, and redundant, synonym for “[[amend]]”. | ||
====What definitely ''won’t'' change==== | ====What definitely ''won’t'' change==== | ||