In the end, Orwell simply "crossed out or altered the phrases that seemed to show too definitely what was happening".
Based also on the comments and our responses in item #2, we altered the phrases from "relative strengths" to "differential effects" of light and feeding where applicable in the revised manuscript.
The changes may be so small you may not even notice, but could include everything from altering the phrasing in a court summons to sending text message reminders in the hopes of getting you to respond more quickly, or at the very least, comply with the law.
The only time Mr. Icahn restrained this blizzard of language was to alter the phrase "pile of …" to end with "absurdity" rather than a word that cannot be spoken on live television (though that hasn't stopped him in the past).
After the explosion, astronaut Jack Swigert radioed mission control to say, "Houston, we've had a problem". The film gives the famous line instead to Jim Lovell, played by star Tom Hanks, altering the phrase to the more immediate, "Houston, we have a problem". Lightning and wolves: Both NASA and the Soviet/Russian space programs have faced a few interesting, though not catastrophic, threats.
Interestingly, the examinee actually repeated the conventionalized linguistic in its entirety (kě bú shì ma); however, in explaining his interpretation, the examinee left out the first character of the phrase and therefore completely altered the intended meaning.
In early February, the statement was quietly altered, with the phrase "to understand and protect our home planet" deleted.
Mr. McCain's inartful phrase about the economy that day, and the responses of the two campaigns, fundamentally altered the dynamic of the race.
Altering the context altered the result.
All altered the industry.
He is, to alter the meaning of the phrase a bit, beneath contempt, or else above it.
