From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#51271: Typo's in Emacs documentation Date: Sun, 14 Nov 2021 19:14:02 +0200 Message-ID: <83r1biu0bp.fsf@gnu.org> References: <7FFB9564-751D-43FC-A42C-AB3F3958E012@me.com> <83tugeu1v3.fsf@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="10833"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: 51271@debbugs.gnu.org, stefan@marxist.se To: "morzahavi@me.com" Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sun Nov 14 18:15:13 2021 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1mmJ5z-0002YP-Fa for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 14 Nov 2021 18:15:11 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:47258 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mmJ5y-0008Fg-J6 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 14 Nov 2021 12:15:10 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:43378) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mmJ5r-0008FS-L6 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 14 Nov 2021 12:15:03 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:39942) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mmJ5r-0006xv-Bm for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 14 Nov 2021 12:15:03 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1mmJ5q-00083v-3D for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 14 Nov 2021 12:15:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sun, 14 Nov 2021 17:15:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 51271 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 51271-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B51271.163691006330923 (code B ref 51271); Sun, 14 Nov 2021 17:15:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 51271) by debbugs.gnu.org; 14 Nov 2021 17:14:23 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:51488 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1mmJ5C-00082h-TR for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 14 Nov 2021 12:14:23 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:42522) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1mmJ5A-00082S-Ua for 51271@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 14 Nov 2021 12:14:21 -0500 Original-Received: from [2001:470:142:3::e] (port=58864 helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mmJ55-0006tL-IE; Sun, 14 Nov 2021 12:14:15 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnu.org; s=fencepost-gnu-org; h=MIME-version:References:Subject:In-Reply-To:To:From: Date; bh=8ZX+mLPcuZCHETSY6gTOVHp1oluuk4ST9BNajwQRQNc=; b=Ei0Ep7/d1bKENnPBeMSY U9ybSGGeGW50xnkmN3Rh5VqP9D2DH5BHIM6qeaVaJCKYFcDAR58O3UFDIltN2HOXzBi8/wNIxoV+A yS2qzmH1dHh/uYjJNsGL6Zy0k2MNcl4HAhegipky+GO1oU2CqWm2OQDEXPJXaihx8TST5ydZ6mxmQ jNWNu/Sne2BktbVIwcAjd0jBjfbjTXJDL8bNZDbFoghxNkpPOzmQYYX3GATjJrhX0F4jlDtUX1s15 t3UneyG3xx0eF3OL717/Os3O+0LpJqKpZeq6tsnMwGZIkHUITXBzzjmMiJ4CUOu9CmkhQf2JYXArU hVm20xhHQn/xsQ==; Original-Received: from [87.69.77.57] (port=1725 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mmJ55-0003Ql-63; Sun, 14 Nov 2021 12:14:15 -0500 In-Reply-To: (morzahavi@me.com) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:219974 Archived-At: > From: "morzahavi@me.com" > CC: "stefan@marxist.se" , "51271@debbugs.gnu.org" > <51271@debbugs.gnu.org> > Date: Sun, 14 Nov 2021 16:59:21 +0000 > > I don’t understand – how can there be many kinds of a singular form? How can there be a few of a singular > form? It's a special English form that is relatively rarely used. But it is nevertheless correct. > Where is the comment you’ve added? In the Texinfo source. I show it below: @c This and the next paragraph say ``kinds of atom'', but that is not @c a typo, just slightly ``old-fashioned wording which adds a fillip @c of interest to it'', and ``is more elegant writing'', according to @c RMS. As you see, I consulted with Richard Stallman about this issue, because I had a gut feeling the original wording was correct, but wasn't sure. Bob Chassell, who wrote that manual, always used 100% correct English.