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[groff] 29/39: [docs]: Fix style nit.


From: G. Branden Robinson
Subject: [groff] 29/39: [docs]: Fix style nit.
Date: Tue, 31 May 2022 20:32:30 -0400 (EDT)

gbranden pushed a commit to branch master
in repository groff.

commit 5b62807653be5ff365f27ae87b8a1f0122c59755
Author: G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com>
AuthorDate: Tue May 31 15:11:32 2022 -0500

    [docs]: Fix style nit.
    
    One does not say "down of it"; a conjunction does not license it.
---
 doc/groff.texi | 2 +-
 man/roff.7.man | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/groff.texi b/doc/groff.texi
index 8e36060b..12ae5557 100644
--- a/doc/groff.texi
+++ b/doc/groff.texi
@@ -5445,7 +5445,7 @@ whether, like ``g'', it features a decender below the 
baseline.
 Such a situation is nearly always undesirable.  It is furthermore
 conventional not to write or draw at the extreme edges of the page.
 Therefore the initial drawing position of a @code{roff} formatter is not
-at the origin, but down and to the right of it.  This rightward shift
+at the origin, but below and to the right of it.  This rightward shift
 from the left edge is known as the @dfn{page
 offset}.@footnote{@code{groff}'s terminal output devices have page
 offsets of zero.}  The downward shift leaves room for a text output
diff --git a/man/roff.7.man b/man/roff.7.man
index 7bf53b04..8ca005f2 100644
--- a/man/roff.7.man
+++ b/man/roff.7.man
@@ -436,7 +436,7 @@ of the page.
 Therefore the initial drawing position of a
 .I roff
 formatter is not at the origin,
-but down and to the right of it.
+but below and to the right of it.
 .
 This rightward shift
 from the left edge is known as the



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