In the main text we reproduce strictly 5 differentiated staccato marks written in A. The version of the editions most probably resulted from a double revision of GE1 – the marks having been standardised (see bars 271-272) and a wedge having been added over the 6th quaver. Leaving the last quaver without a mark can actually be considered Chopin's oversight, hence the addition of the wedge, judging from its different shape, introduced only just in the stage of proofreading GE1, can be seen as Chopin's intervention. The use of a wedge instead of a dot would be then a compromise taking into account the reality of an already printed proof copy including wedges only in this bar.
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