The phrase "amends the formula" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when referring to making changes or modifications to a specific formula, often in a mathematical or scientific context.
Example: "The researcher amends the formula to improve the accuracy of the results."
Alternatives: "modifies the formula" or "revises the formula."
Earlier this year, citing figures from Hedge Fund Research, a firm that tracks the industry, The Economist said, "Investors have succeeded in amending the formula to something more like '1.4 and 17,' at least for newcomers to the business".
They have succeeded in amending the formula to something more like "1.4 and 17", at least for newcomers to the business (see chart).The primary reason for the erosion is the lousy returns that "alternative assets" have brought.
When Watchdog first highlighted this potentially harmful ingredient in June this year, Johnson & Johnson did not amend the formula because it claimed the number of reported instances of reaction was small.
Hartshorne, who greatly admired Heschel, amends this formula in an attempt to distill the essence of process theism, "God is the most and best moved mover" (Hartshorne 1997, 6, 39; Viney 2006).
However, by leaving Section 5's pre-clearance requirements intact, the Court has given Congress the opportunity to amend the coverage formula to preserve these important protections.
MacLellan believed the amending formula needed would be the one requiring the support of seven provincial governments representing at least half of Canada's population.
After the case went all the way to the House of Lords, NICE was forced to first disclose the formula, then amend it after admitting "technical inaccuracies", although it said this did not change the outcome.
It was also meant gradually to bring spending per head in Scotland and Wales into line with that of England.But for various reasons, which include political manoeuvring to prevent the formula from being amended to take account of shifts in population, the differences in public spending have actually grown wider in recent years rather than narrowing.
The formula seldom varies.
