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charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Great =96 I have learned something new. Thanks Eli for all your work. From: Eli Zaretskii Date: Sunday, 14 November 2021 at 19:14 To: morzahavi@me.com Cc: stefan@marxist.se , 51271@debbugs.gnu.org <51271@deb= bugs.gnu.org> Subject: Re: bug#51271: Typo's in Emacs documentation > From: "morzahavi@me.com" > CC: "stefan@marxist.se" , "51271@debbugs.gnu.org" > <51271@debbugs.gnu.org> > Date: Sun, 14 Nov 2021 16:59:21 +0000 > > I don=92t understand =96 how can there be many kinds of a singular form? = How can there be a few of a singular > form? It's a special English form that is relatively rarely used. But it is nevertheless correct. > Where is the comment you=92ve added? In the Texinfo source. I show it below: @c This and the next paragraph say ``kinds of atom'', but that is not @c a typo, just slightly ``old-fashioned wording which adds a fillip @c of interest to it'', and ``is more elegant writing'', according to @c RMS. As you see, I consulted with Richard Stallman about this issue, because I had a gut feeling the original wording was correct, but wasn't sure. Bob Chassell, who wrote that manual, always used 100% correct English. --_000_PR3P193MB08945510B8C5C8FFDE6A0ECBFB979PR3P193MB0894EURP_ Content-Type: text/html; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Great =96 I have learned something new.

 

Thanks Eli for all your work.

&nbs= p;

From: Eli Zaretskii <e= liz@gnu.org>
Date: Sunday, 14 November 2021 at 19:14
To: morzahavi@me.com <morzahavi@me.com>
Cc: stefan@marxist.se <stefan@marxist.se>, 51271@debbugs.gnu.o= rg <51271@debbugs.gnu.org>
Subject: Re: bug#51271: Typo's in Emacs documentation

> From: "morzahavi@me.com" <morzahav= i@me.com>
> CC: "stefan@marxist.se" <stefan@marxist.se>, "512= 71@debbugs.gnu.org"
>        <51271@debbugs.gnu.org>= ;
> Date: Sun, 14 Nov 2021 16:59:21 +0000
>
> I don=92t understand =96 how can there be many kinds of a singular for= m? How can there be a few of a singular
> form?

It's a special English form that is relatively rarely used.  But it is=
nevertheless correct.

> Where is the comment you=92ve added?

In the Texinfo source.  I show it below:

  @c This and the next paragraph say ``kinds of atom'', but that is no= t
  @c a typo, just slightly ``old-fashioned wording which adds a fillip=
  @c of interest to it'', and ``is more elegant writing'', according t= o
  @c RMS.

As you see, I consulted with Richard Stallman about this issue,
because I had a gut feeling the original wording was correct, but
wasn't sure.  Bob Chassell, who wrote that manual, always used 100% correct English.

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