GNU bug report logs - #20011
etc/PROBLEMS: updates, wording, typos

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Ivan Shmakov <ivan <at> siamics.net>

Date: Thu, 5 Mar 2015 21:50:01 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: patch

Done: Ivan Shmakov <ivan <at> siamics.net>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #29 received at 20011 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org>
To: Ivan Shmakov <ivan <at> siamics.net>
Cc: 20011 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#20011: etc/PROBLEMS: updates, wording, typos
Date: Sun, 05 Apr 2015 05:10:41 -0400
[[[ To any NSA and FBI agents reading my email: please consider    ]]]
[[[ whether defending the US Constitution against all enemies,     ]]]
[[[ foreign or domestic, requires you to follow Snowden's example. ]]]

It's not wrong to introduce a restrictive clause with "which",
but using "that" could provide the advantage of showing clearly
that the clause is restrictive.

-- 
Dr Richard Stallman
President, Free Software Foundation
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