From: Robert Pluim <rpluim@gmail.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Cc: Van L <van@scratch.space>, 32037@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#32037: simplify possessive form's "functions' definitions"
Date: Mon, 02 Jul 2018 21:59:58 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87lgatcssh.fsf@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <83r2klk5zw.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Mon, 02 Jul 2018 18:32:51 +0300")
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
>> @findex * @r{(multiplication)}
>> The third line of the example consists of the body of the function
>> -definition. (Most functions' definitions, of course, are longer than
>> +definition. (Most function definitions, of course, are longer than
>> this.) In this function, the body is the list, @code{(* 7 number)}, which
>> says to multiply the value of @var{number} by 7. (In Emacs Lisp,
>> @code{*} is the function for multiplication, just as @code{+} is the
>
> Thanks, but AFAIK the original wording is perfectly correct English
> (if not more correct). Why did you think it needed to be changed?
The original is fine. I wish there was less going around changing
perfectly good sentences in our documentation (as opposed to editing
for clarity).
Robert
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-07-02 19:59 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-07-02 15:11 bug#32037: simplify possessive form's "functions' definitions" Van L
2018-07-02 15:32 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-07-02 15:35 ` Van L
2018-07-02 16:24 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-07-02 17:19 ` Glenn Morris
2018-07-02 19:59 ` Robert Pluim [this message]
2018-07-04 16:40 ` Eli Zaretskii
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