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bug#51271: Typo's in Emacs documentation


From: Eli Zaretskii
Subject: bug#51271: Typo's in Emacs documentation
Date: Sun, 14 Nov 2021 19:14:02 +0200

> From: "morzahavi@me.com" <morzahavi@me.com>
> CC: "stefan@marxist.se" <stefan@marxist.se>, "51271@debbugs.gnu.org"
>       <51271@debbugs.gnu.org>
> Date: Sun, 14 Nov 2021 16:59:21 +0000
> 
> I don’t understand – 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’ve 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.





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