From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Van L <van@scratch.space>
Cc: 32037@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#32037: simplify possessive form's "functions' definitions"
Date: Mon, 02 Jul 2018 18:32:51 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <83r2klk5zw.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <D63B8C24-0260-4E99-B46E-6A4B1A9F2EE4@scratch.space> (message from Van L on Tue, 3 Jul 2018 01:11:00 +1000)
> From: Van L <van@scratch.space>
> Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2018 01:11:00 +1000
>
> diff --git a/doc/lispintro/emacs-lisp-intro.texi b/doc/lispintro/emacs-lisp-intro.texi
> index be3e938b24..82c49bf693 100644
> --- a/doc/lispintro/emacs-lisp-intro.texi
> +++ b/doc/lispintro/emacs-lisp-intro.texi
> @@ -3028,7 +3028,7 @@ Primitive Functions
> @cindex Primitives written in C
> All functions are defined in terms of other functions, except for a few
> @dfn{primitive} functions that are written in the C programming
> -language. When you write functions' definitions, you will write them in
> +language. When you write function definitions, you will write them in
> Emacs Lisp and use other functions as your building blocks. Some of the
> functions you will use will themselves be written in Emacs Lisp (perhaps
> by you) and some will be primitives written in C@. The primitive
> @@ -3179,7 +3179,7 @@ defun
>
> @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?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-07-02 15:32 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 [this message]
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
2018-07-04 16:40 ` Eli Zaretskii
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