From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.ciao.gmane.io!not-for-mail From: Drew Adams Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#40011: Remove unnecessary abbreviations from documentation Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2020 09:41:11 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <920f1068-b0c7-4c40-92fa-4ad219b3dd07@default> References: <83v9nc9sdk.fsf@gnu.org> <878siha2fl.fsf@stefankangas.se> <6a987722-81fb-47b2-9ab8-52d885fa27ab@default> <87lfmg99wq.fsf@stefankangas.se> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="ciao.gmane.io:159.69.161.202"; logging-data="85460"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: 40011@debbugs.gnu.org, rms@gnu.org To: Stefan Kangas Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Mon Apr 27 18:42:22 2020 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 1jT6pp-000M6O-Gz for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; 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Mon, 27 Apr 2020 16:41:15 GMT Original-Received: from aserv0122.oracle.com (aserv0122.oracle.com [141.146.126.236]) by aserp3030.oracle.com with ESMTP id 30mxrqn8de-1 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=OK); Mon, 27 Apr 2020 16:41:15 +0000 Original-Received: from abhmp0014.oracle.com (abhmp0014.oracle.com [141.146.116.20]) by aserv0122.oracle.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id 03RGfDsn020562; Mon, 27 Apr 2020 16:41:13 GMT In-Reply-To: <87lfmg99wq.fsf@stefankangas.se> X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Oracle Beehive Extensions for Outlook 2.0.1.9.1 (1003210) [OL 16.0.4993.0 (x86)] X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=nai engine=6000 definitions=9604 signatures=668686 X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=notspam policy=default score=0 mlxscore=0 phishscore=0 suspectscore=0 mlxlogscore=999 malwarescore=0 bulkscore=0 spamscore=0 adultscore=0 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx scancount=1 engine=8.12.0-2003020000 definitions=main-2004270135 X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=nai engine=6000 definitions=9604 signatures=668686 X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=notspam policy=default score=0 clxscore=1015 priorityscore=1501 mlxlogscore=999 impostorscore=0 suspectscore=0 malwarescore=0 lowpriorityscore=0 mlxscore=0 spamscore=0 adultscore=0 phishscore=0 bulkscore=0 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx scancount=1 engine=8.12.0-2003020000 definitions=main-2004270135 X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-Received-From: 209.51.188.43 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:179162 Archived-At: > > (minor nit) > > > > * "like" -> "such as" > > * "more clear" -> "clearer" >=20 > Thanks. As you might know, English is a > second language for me so I really > appreciate this kind of input. You're welcome. And this is very minor. Colloquially many (most?) people use "like" when they really mean "such as". The difference is that "such as" includes those explicit examples - it says "these and others (like them)"; whereas "like" says "things similar to these things". "Like" doesn't explicitly include those things; it says to use them to get an idea of what kind of things might be included. 1. The award was given to people like George Washington. 2. The award was given to people such as George Washington. #1 says that people with characteristics like GW got the award. #2 says that GW is an example of the people who got the award. In case #2, GW got the award. --- There's nothing wrong with "more clear". But "clearer" is usually clearer. ;-)