Re: [PATCH 1/2] Trivial correction on document

[Cao jin]

On 06/21/2017 01:38 PM, Martin Dorey wrote:
> My native English speaker intuition says that "if it were" and "if it
> was" are both available there.
>  https://english.stackexchange.com/a/146382 cites Huddleston and
> Pullum's grammar in agreement.  Other answers suggest the "were" form is
> getting rarer, so maybe it's a good idea to change it, even though it
> was right before.

I thought it is a grammatical mistake, until you tell me the
"subjunctive", which I really couldn't recall by myself:p

-- 
Sincerely,
Cao jin
> 
> I just couldn't see the "that that" problem with a line break in between
> them on my phone screen until a non-native speaker pointed it out.  Doh.
> 
> On Jun 20, 2017, at 21:14, Cao jin <address@hidden
> <mailto:address@hidden>> wrote:
> 
> ---
> doc/make.texi | 4 ++--
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/doc/make.texi b/doc/make.texi
> index dfa4454..343927b 100644
> --- a/doc/make.texi
> +++ b/doc/make.texi
> @@ -1831,7 +1831,7 @@ more recent than it.
> @item
> How to update the file @file{foo.o}: by running @code{cc} as stated.
> The recipe does not explicitly mention @file{defs.h}, but we presume
> -that @file{foo.c} includes it, and that that is why @file{defs.h} was
> +that @file{foo.c} includes it, and that is why @file{defs.h} was
> added to the prerequisites.
> @end itemize
> @end ifnottex
> @@ -10861,7 +10861,7 @@ into a Guile string and provided as the result
> of the procedure.
> @item gmk-eval
> @findex gmk-eval
> This procedure takes a single argument which is converted into a
> -string.  The string is evaluated by @code{make} as if it were a
> +string.  The string is evaluated by @code{make} as if it was a
> makefile.  This is the same capability available via the @code{eval}
> function (@pxref{Eval Function}).  The result of the @code{gmk-eval}
> procedure is always the empty string.
> -- 
> 2.1.0
> 
> 
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