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Discover LudwigThe phrase "alternate draft" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a different version of a document or piece of writing that is being revised or considered.
Example: "After reviewing the initial proposal, I decided to create an alternate draft to better address the feedback we received."
Alternatives: "revised version" or "alternative version".
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Mr. Steiger's alternate draft eliminated references to condoms as a deterrent to the spread of AIDS, and it devoted several pages to extolling administration health efforts in war-torn Iraq and Afghanistan and the Indian Ocean region after a tsunami there in 2004.
Click through to read James Franco's alternate draft of Cormac McCarthy's Blood Meridian.
The judges' reports would be released at the same time as any alternate draft Kennedy might issue.
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Eventually, the comic became a collaboration between the two artists: Karasik and Mazzucchelli worked on alternate drafts, sending their drawings back and forth, each working over what the other had done.
Until the mid-2000s, teamteam picking first in the draft alternated by league.
Still, with a songwriter like Mr. Dylan the rough drafts, alternate lyrics and multiple versions of "Dignity" and "Mississippi" are fascinating glimpses of how restlessly he tinkers with mood and meaning.
Adweek 20th anniversary issue, 1998 Nov. Sales and Marketing Management 80th anniversary issue, 1998 Oct. Includes text of speeches, handwritten or typed drafts, alternate versions, and idea files, along with some correspondence and itineraries relating to speaking engagements.
Kornbluth and Wilson wrote a first draft, alternating turns at the typewriter; the result was edited by Harry Dockweiler, another Futurian, and then again by Pohl before it appeared in the April 1940 Astonishing under the title "Stepsons of Mars", with a byline of "Ivar Towers".
The Yale bobblehead collection has some rarities, including early drafts and alternate versions.
Or, in an alternate version of the same draft: I wrote a lot of lies.
A new edition of "A Farewell to Arms," which was originally published in 1929, will be released next week, including all the alternate endings, along with early drafts of other passages in the book.
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