From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#32037: simplify possessive form's "functions' definitions" Date: Mon, 02 Jul 2018 19:24:24 +0300 Message-ID: <83o9fpk3lz.fsf@gnu.org> References: <83r2klk5zw.fsf@gnu.org> <47C8A142-D5EE-49D0-8C91-CE2A28694D99@scratch.space> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1530550444 2383 195.159.176.226 (2 Jul 2018 16:54:04 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2018 16:54:04 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 32037@debbugs.gnu.org To: Van L Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Jul 02 18:54:00 2018 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1fa25P-0000T8-67 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 02 Jul 2018 18:53:59 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:34280 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fa27W-0005B6-8v for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 02 Jul 2018 12:56:10 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:44479) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fa1dR-0006Yc-RW for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 02 Jul 2018 12:25:06 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fa1dO-00080E-2o for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 02 Jul 2018 12:25:05 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:35941) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fa1dN-000804-VQ for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 02 Jul 2018 12:25:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1fa1dN-0007ms-Pe for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 02 Jul 2018 12:25:01 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Mon, 02 Jul 2018 16:25:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 32037 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 32037-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B32037.153054868729910 (code B ref 32037); Mon, 02 Jul 2018 16:25:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 32037) by debbugs.gnu.org; 2 Jul 2018 16:24:47 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:43838 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1fa1d8-0007mM-Oh for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 02 Jul 2018 12:24:46 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:53313) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1fa1d7-0007m9-1j for 32037@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 02 Jul 2018 12:24:45 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fa1cy-0007pK-S6 for 32037@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 02 Jul 2018 12:24:39 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:60667) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fa1cy-0007pG-O7; Mon, 02 Jul 2018 12:24:36 -0400 Original-Received: from [176.228.60.248] (port=1203 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1fa1cy-0002wQ-1u; Mon, 02 Jul 2018 12:24:36 -0400 In-reply-to: <47C8A142-D5EE-49D0-8C91-CE2A28694D99@scratch.space> (message from Van L on Tue, 3 Jul 2018 01:35:23 +1000) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 208.118.235.43 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.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:148108 Archived-At: > From: Van L > Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2018 01:35:23 +1000 > Cc: 32037@debbugs.gnu.org > > > > Thanks, but AFAIK the original wording is perfectly correct English > > (if not more correct). Why did you think it needed to be changed? > > Is it the correct Emacs’ or Emacs’s? which is recommended use? I'm not sure, but "Emacs" is not necessarily plural, whereas "functions" is.