The long accent present in FE may be a result of carelessness of the engraver of FE, however, Chopin's proofreading cannot be excluded, particularly taking into account the fact that an identical situation occurs a half bar later. In the main text we adopt a long accent both here and in bar 41.
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category imprint: Differences between sources
issues: EE inaccuracies, Authentic corrections of FE
notation: Articulation, Accents, Hairpins