Proposition 10.3. Assuming that:

  • M is an L-structure

  • N∗ an LM-structure such that N∗⊨D(M)

  • let N be the L-reduct of N∗ to L (means throw away LM∖L sentences)

  • define h:M→N such that h(a)=a̲=aN.

Then h is an L-embedding. Moreover, if N∗⊨ThM(M) then h is an elementary L-embedding.