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Discover LudwigThe phrase "amends things" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to the act of making corrections or improvements to situations, relationships, or items.
Example: "After our disagreement, I took the time to write her a heartfelt letter to amends things between us."
Alternatives: "make things right" or "repair the situation".
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1.16pm BST First set tie-break: Gulbis 1-2 Federer* A Gulbis drop forced Federer to the net, and though his backhand isn't quite fast enough or cornered enough, but he amends things next shot, and wins the next point too.
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Since the recent elections' miserable failure to amend things has not been followed by the feared apocalypse, everyone's sick and tired and has lost faith in keeping track.
Forbes: Assuming we get a change in Congress in November, do you think there's a possibility of amending things like Sarbanes-Oxley or some of the other barriers to mid-size companies?
Superintendent Chalmers appears and is ready to blame Skinner for the school's current poor state when Bart takes the place, amending things with Skinner.
The two make amends, and things go back to the way they were.
Debt management plans are basically offered by non-profit organizations that talk with your lender or creditor to help you amend the things according to your financial situation.
"We've got a very hard-working group of players and staff who want to make amends and make things right.
Karofsky is trying to make amends for the things he did that drove Kurt from the halls of McKinley.
Intuitively, the amended derivation gets things backward, reversing the proper order of dependence.
Clinton argues that the bill was amended to include things she liked.
That Article, which has remained in abeyance since it was introduced in 1991, provides that a bill that seeks to amend, among other things, Article 65 or 66, must be supported at a national referendum by not less than two-thirds of the votes cast, unless the President consents to the amendment.
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