The phrase "alters a single" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where you are discussing changes or modifications to one specific item or element.
Example: "The new software update alters a single parameter in the system settings to improve performance."
Alternatives: "modifies one" or "changes a single".
Baker estimates that 93 percent of "A Box of Matches" is autobiographical, but that if he alters a single detail from "reality," this necessitates calling the work a novel, which strikes me as absurd.
The remaining copy of Sfpi1 has a point mutation in the coding sequence for the DNA-binding domain of the protein in 70% of rAML, which alters a single CpG sequence in the codon for arginine residue R235.
A rare mutation that alters a single letter of the genetic code protects people from the memory-robbing dementia of Alzheimer's disease, according to a new study.
Each counterfactual uses the baseline model but alters a single input.
Interestingly, Duggal et al (14) identified a human polymorphism that alters a single amino acid in the extracellular domain of LepRb, which is associated with increased susceptibility to Entamoeba histolytica; knock-in of the risk allele in mice produced metabolically normal lean animals with increased susceptibility to E. histolytica (15).
Alter a single variable, said Tsurumaki, "and you see the impact on all the other systems.
The final refinement altered a single word: "will" became the more ambiguous "would".
As Service concludes, "he barely altered a single one of his underlying assumptions".
Ms. Messinger initially opposed the plan, saying that the city should do a comprehensive rezoning and not just alter a single block's.
Morris says that he has not altered a single bar of the score, and he defends Prokofiev's repetitions, saying that each time a theme returns it does so in a different guise.
"I said in my head, 'It's him or me.' " The Royal Court agreed with Mr. Bond's refusal to alter a single line that the Lord Chamberlain considered too violent, sexually suggestive or indecorous.
