Question

Why can't we edit our answers? There is only a delete button.

Answer 1

This is intentional. Replies are intended to be real time, and therefore should be viewed more as a chat conversation and less as a thread. If you need to correct yourself, just post a new reply mentioning your correct, like you would in a chat.

Answer 2

But.. still I think we should have the same privileged as we do with questions.

Answer 3

Questions were modified because people were abusing the ability to delete them. We've seen much less of that with replies.

Answer 4

try to abuse with answers and you will get edit button too! :D