From: Alan Mackenzie <acm@muc.de>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
Cc: 24891@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#24891: 25.1: Falsehood on page "Major Modes" of Emacs manual.
Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2016 22:14:05 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20161107221404.GD2988@acm.fritz.box> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1088fcf6-d37f-4f0f-8537-3dbb4e01d2a0@default>
Hello, Drew.
On Mon, Nov 07, 2016 at 12:51:02PM -0800, Drew Adams wrote:
> > > and we can drop the comma before "prior".
> > Maybe, maybe not. The bit beginning with "prior" isn't qualifying
> > what comes before, it's adding an extra bit of independent information,
> > so the comma is justified.
> I don't agree. It is not an independent clause - it cannot stand
> alone. It is an adverbial clause that qualifies how (when) the modes
> run the p-g-m hook.
Sorry to keep pounding on at this one, but I see the reason for the comma
now. It's because the "prior ..." bit applies to the "text-mode-hook"
bit as well as the "prog-mode-hook" bit. The comma prevents "prior ..."
from attaching exclusively to the "prog-mode-hook" bit.
Anyway, good afternoon (for you), good night (for me)!
[ .... ]
--
Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-11-07 22:14 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-11-06 22:18 bug#24891: 25.1: Falsehood on page "Major Modes" of Emacs manual Alan Mackenzie
2016-11-06 23:19 ` Drew Adams
2016-11-06 23:55 ` Evgeny Roubinchtein
2016-11-07 20:29 ` Alan Mackenzie
2016-11-07 20:39 ` Alan Mackenzie
2016-11-07 20:51 ` Drew Adams
2016-11-07 22:14 ` Alan Mackenzie [this message]
2016-11-07 0:05 ` Dmitry Gutov
2016-11-07 14:43 ` Richard Stallman
2016-11-07 19:46 ` Alan Mackenzie
2016-11-07 22:03 ` Alan Mackenzie
2016-11-10 21:26 ` Alan Mackenzie
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