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-{{pe}}A flatulent coda that goes without saying and is capable of almost infinite embellishment if you put your mind to it. Try, for example “as amended, ''supplemented'', ''updated'' [[and/or]] ''augmented'' [[from time to time]]”. Perhaps toss in “[[orally or in writing]]”. There’s also, always, scope for [[For the avoidance of doubt|avoiding some doubt]] that wasn’t there in the first place.
+{{pe}}A flatulent coda that goes without saying and is capable of as much embellishment as you have space mental capacity to apply to the task. Try, for example, “as amended, ''supplemented'', ''updated'' [[and/or]] ''augmented'' [[from time to time]]”. You could perhaps toss in — and we use that [[verb]] deliberately — “[[orally or in writing]]”.
+There’s also, always, scope for [[For the avoidance of doubt|avoiding some doubt]] that wasn’t there in the first place.
 [[As amended from time to time]] usually describes a [[contract]], [[statute]] or [[regulation]], will be buried in a {{tag|definition}}s section, and does no real harm, but it will offend [[prose stylist|prose stylists]] who happen to be reading.<ref>The likelihood of [[prose stylist|prose stylists]] reading capital markets trading agreements are, of course, vanishingly low. But still.</ref>