"alter the original" is correct and can be used in written English.
Example: We had to alter the original plans due to budget constraints.
However, the assignments may change under the N-orthology interpretation, when orthologous regions are mapped by the origin of their sequence content, since conversion events alter the original X-orthology.
In 1999 he made a series of photographs of Modernist architecture by Mies van der Rohe, using digital technology to alter the original images.
This beautifully balanced drink from Cuba is a classic for a reason, and there is little need to alter the original.
"I ordered it and took a look and what they had done was alter the original tape, adding in background noise.
Bloomberg, however, does not plan to alter the original report about JPMorgan to address the concerns raised by Mr. Hoyt, according to a person briefed on the matter.
But the guidelines established by Unesco, the cultural arm of the United Nations, which compiles the heritage list, demand that any reconstruction not substantially alter the original.
More surprising still, Haneke remade this attack on the Hollywood thriller for a major Hollywood studio, Warner Independent Pictures, and refused to alter the original film's story in the slightest.
While preservationists feared he would irrevocably alter the original 1928 construction, Mr. Olajuwon was careful to maintain its neo-Classical features, including its gold leaf domed interior and limestone and marble colonnaded exterior.
It is not yet clear how far DreamWorks plans to alter the original, Japanese-set storyline of Ghost in the Shell, though Johansson's inclusion hints that the action could be transferred to North America.
"How many things in the supermarket run the sensory spectrum like this?" Marketers at Heinz, like those at Coca-Cola, are loath to alter the original ketchup flavor, and are restrained about expanding the line.
So closely did Arnold's founders model its branding on Starbucks' that they had to alter the original circular logo to avoid a lawsuit – opting instead for an inoffensive and decidedly un-mermaidish coffee mug in profile, which seems like a missed opportunity.
