Subject: Re: bug#11862: [PATCH 9/9] doc/lispref/intro.texi: Use passive voice

From: Richard Stallman <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 05 Jul 2012 06:14:00 -0400

The value of this variable is the version of Emacs being run.  It is a
     string such as @code{"23.1.1"}.  The last number in this string is not
     really part of the Emacs release version number; it is incremented
    -each time you build Emacs in any given directory.  A value with four
    +each time Emacs is built in any given directory.

Please use the active voice by preference.
For instance, you could write it this:

   each time you build Emacs in a given directory, that increments this number.

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