From: Colin Williams <lackita@gmail.com>
To: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: bug#4055: Typos in calc.texi
Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2009 21:30:18 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1b97198a0908051830p26725218lb413cd3e170f2b5f@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
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I fixed a couple of grammatical errors and have attached the diff.
Colin
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--- orig/doc/misc/calc.texi
+++ mod/doc/misc/calc.texi
@@ -11103,9 +11103,9 @@
The Julian day number is based on the Julian cycle, which was invented
in 1583 by Joseph Justus Scaliger. Scaliger named it the Julian cycle
-since it is involves the Julian calendar, but some have suggested that
+since it involves the Julian calendar, but some have suggested that
Scaliger named it in honor of his father, Julius Caesar Scaliger. The
-Julian cycle is based it on three other cycles: the indiction cycle,
+Julian cycle is based on three other cycles: the indiction cycle,
the Metonic cycle, and the solar cycle. The indiction cycle is a 15
year cycle originally used by the Romans for tax purposes but later
used to date medieval documents. The Metonic cycle is a 19 year
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2009-08-09 23:45 ` bug#4055: marked as done (Typos in calc.texi) Emacs bug Tracking System
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