The phrase "amend the number" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to changing or modifying a specific numerical value in a document or record.
Example: "Please amend the number in the report to reflect the latest data."
Alternatives: "revise the number" or "modify the number".
Then in 2012, the ICC amended the number of fielders allowed outside the circle, which since 1992 had been five for 35 overs of an innings.
UPDATE: Sergeant W. Patrick Swanton originally indicated that 192 people were arrested but has amended the number to 170, and suggested it might change again.
The Bolivian parliament opened the possibility this weekend by passing a reform, in a marathon 20-hour session, which amended the number of times that a sitting president can be re-elected.
After the case definition was amended, the number of cases notified to MSIS corresponds with the number of cases we found when systematically reviewing all patient medical records with relevant ICD-10 codes.
Which means, it is high time to start discussing negotiations, something that will be hard for many of us, especially most Syrians, to swallow This article was corrected on Tuesday 20 March 2011 to amend the figure for the number of Chinese who died under Mao.
The analysis will be iterative: hypotheses will be tested as they emerge using analytic induction [ 23], and we will amend the anticipated number of interviews and focus groups depending upon whether new issues continue to emerge.
"Therefore, a number of questions remain: Will Westminster amend the Equality Act 2010 to strengthen religious freedom?
With all of these changes, we amended the total number of chitinase and chitinase-like genes in D. melanogaster to be 16 including 10 putative chitinase and chitinase-like genes and 6 DmIDGF-like genes.
"The committee's reviewed it, they've made a number of proposals to amend the laws and... the amendments that are being introduced reflect the recommendations from the committee," the prime minister said.
