From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Zac Storer Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#226: Introduction to Emacs Lisp Date: Mon, 12 May 2008 10:01:16 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <899688.43250.qm@web46011.mail.sp1.yahoo.com> Reply-To: chromaticwholetone@yahoo.com, 226@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1210612329 13052 80.91.229.12 (12 May 2008 17:12:09 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 12 May 2008 17:12:09 +0000 (UTC) To: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon May 12 19:12:46 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1JvbZi-0006E3-3A for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 12 May 2008 19:12:34 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:47688 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JvbYy-0002Ay-WB for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; 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Here is an example: '(this list includes "text between quotation marks.") " The phrase "In addition" may be a little ambiguous to some readers, as it also sounds similar to the mathematical addition operation. Perhaps it could be replaced with something like "Furthermore"? ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ