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From: Xiyue Deng <manphiz@gmail.com>
To: Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
Cc: 68375@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#68375: 29.1; lispref documentation fixes
Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2024 21:44:20 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87wmsf2jij.fsf@debian-hx90.lan> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <E1rO8ew-0004Ec-I6@fencepost.gnu.org> (Richard Stallman's message of "Thu, 11 Jan 2024 22:56:42 -0500")

Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org> writes:

> [[[ To any NSA and FBI agents reading my email: please consider    ]]]
> [[[ whether defending the US Constitution against all enemies,     ]]]
> [[[ foreign or domestic, requires you to follow Snowden's example. ]]]
>
>   >  therefore displayed, at some time, in a window (@pxref{Windows}).  But
>   > -a buffer need not be displayed in any window.  Each buffer has a
>   > +a buffer needs not be displayed in any window.  Each buffer has a
>
> Actually, the old text is more correct English usage.
> "Need" is a special case, and uses the old subjunctive mood
> which is mostly obsolete in English.
>
>   > -Somewhat odd, but predictable, behavior can occur for certain
>   > +A somewhat odd, but predictable, behavior can occur for certain
>
>
> The old text is correct.  In thise situation we are using "behavior"
> as an uncountable mass noun.
>
> Your other changes are correct.  Thanks.

Thanks for the detailed explanations!

-- 
Xiyue Deng





  reply	other threads:[~2024-01-12  5:44 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2024-01-10 22:56 bug#68375: 29.1; lispref documentation fixes Xiyue Deng
2024-01-11 10:46 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-01-11 13:44   ` Stephen Berman via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2024-01-11 14:21     ` Stephen Berman via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2024-01-11 14:32       ` Stephen Berman via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2024-01-11 14:56         ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-01-11 15:18           ` Stephen Berman via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2024-01-11 14:51     ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-01-11 15:18       ` Stephen Berman via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2024-01-11 15:33         ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-01-11 16:39           ` Stephen Berman via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2024-01-11 16:45             ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-01-11 16:46   ` Xiyue Deng
2024-01-12  3:56 ` Richard Stallman
2024-01-12  5:44   ` Xiyue Deng [this message]
2024-01-12  9:46   ` Stephen Berman via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2024-01-13  3:54     ` Richard Stallman
2024-01-13 16:21       ` Stephen Berman via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2024-01-13 19:07       ` Drew Adams

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