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From: Dani Moncayo <dmoncayo@gmail.com>
To: Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
Cc: 9393@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#9393: 24.0.50; Typo in Elisp manual
Date: Mon, 3 Oct 2011 08:28:05 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAH8Pv0gtqCQoLirXg_g1W1b-NQ348SJ-S3Myr6gu9=pnQ47MXQ@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <fd39fbi7ah.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org>

>>> The "advice" feature lets you add to the existing definition of a
>>> function, by "advising the function".
>>
>> Please, correct me if I'm wrong (English is not my first language),
>> but I think that this sentence is lacking a substantive just after
>> "lets you add".  For example: "... lets you add code to the existing
>> ..."
>
> The current wording seems fine to me. The OED says that "add" can be
> used intransitively with "to", in the sense of "making something more
> extensive".

Thanks Glenn, noted.

[This report is already closed, so there's nothing else to do.]

-- 
Dani Moncayo





      reply	other threads:[~2011-10-03  6:28 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-08-28 13:29 bug#9393: 24.0.50; Tiny bug in info node "(elisp)Building Lists" Dani Moncayo
2011-08-28 13:45 ` Dani Moncayo
2011-08-28 19:08   ` Chong Yidong
2011-09-03  7:33 ` bug#9393: 24.0.50; Typo in Elisp manual Dani Moncayo
2011-09-14  6:53   ` Glenn Morris
2011-10-02  9:04   ` Dani Moncayo
2011-10-02 18:21     ` Glenn Morris
2011-10-03  6:28       ` Dani Moncayo [this message]

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