Why cant i edit my post?

[EmmaGrundyForPM]

Wrote a post on someone's thread. A couple of people objected to a certain word, so I went back to change it. But there's no edit option. I've edited posts before so I don't know what I'm doing wrong

[Badburyrings]

There's a time limit to how long you can edit a post for. I can't remember the exact time but maybe 10 mins or so. It is designed to be used for typo's etc, rather than changing the context of the original thread.

[EmmaGrundyForPM]

Thank you. That makes sense.

[HebeMumsnet]

Hi @EmmaGrundyForPM . That's correct. It's just a short window during which you can edit, but you can always hit report on your post and drop us a line if you're too late. If it's not going to make the thread impossible to follow, we can often do a quick edit for you.