* Re: Emacs-diffs Digest, Vol 89, Issue 2 [not found] <E1NxMwf-0007YZ-C6@monty-python.gnu.org> @ 2010-04-01 16:57 ` Eli Zaretskii 2010-04-02 1:56 ` Stephen J. Turnbull 0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread From: Eli Zaretskii @ 2010-04-01 16:57 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Chong Yidong; +Cc: emacs-devel > Date: Thu, 01 Apr 2010 12:01:05 -0400 > From: emacs-diffs-request@gnu.org > > revno: 99709 > committer: Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com> > branch nick: emacs-23 > timestamp: Thu 2010-04-01 11:15:28 -0400 > message: > Fix typo. > modified: > doc/lispref/nonascii.texi > -------------- next part -------------- > === modified file 'doc/lispref/nonascii.texi' > --- a/doc/lispref/nonascii.texi 2010-01-13 08:35:10 +0000 > +++ b/doc/lispref/nonascii.texi 2010-04-01 15:15:28 +0000 > @@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ > > Emacs buffers and strings support a large repertoire of characters > from many different scripts, allowing users to type and display text > -in most any known written language. > +in almost any known written language. I don't think this was a typo. ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 3+ messages in thread
* Re: Emacs-diffs Digest, Vol 89, Issue 2 2010-04-01 16:57 ` Emacs-diffs Digest, Vol 89, Issue 2 Eli Zaretskii @ 2010-04-02 1:56 ` Stephen J. Turnbull 2010-04-02 7:29 ` Eli Zaretskii 0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread From: Stephen J. Turnbull @ 2010-04-02 1:56 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Eli Zaretskii; +Cc: Chong Yidong, emacs-devel Eli Zaretskii writes: > > -in most any known written language. > > +in almost any known written language. > > I don't think this was a typo. It's a typo. The vernacular "'most" is spelled with an apostrophe. Alternatively, "in most known written languages", but "almost any" is a much stronger statement. ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 3+ messages in thread
* Re: Emacs-diffs Digest, Vol 89, Issue 2 2010-04-02 1:56 ` Stephen J. Turnbull @ 2010-04-02 7:29 ` Eli Zaretskii 0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread From: Eli Zaretskii @ 2010-04-02 7:29 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Stephen J. Turnbull; +Cc: cyd, emacs-devel > From: "Stephen J. Turnbull" <stephen@xemacs.org> > Cc: Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>, > emacs-devel@gnu.org > Date: Fri, 02 Apr 2010 10:56:25 +0900 > > Eli Zaretskii writes: > > > > -in most any known written language. > > > +in almost any known written language. > > > > I don't think this was a typo. > > It's a typo. The vernacular "'most" is spelled with an apostrophe. > Alternatively, "in most known written languages", but "almost any" is > a much stronger statement. Whatever. All I know is that googling for "most any" yields 1,330,000,000 hits here. So maybe it's not 100% correct, but it is widely used jargon. ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 3+ messages in thread
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