GNU bug report logs - #28609
simple.el docstring grammar fixes

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Devon Sean McCullough <Emacs-Hacker2017 <at> jovi.net>

Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2017 14:52:01 UTC

Severity: minor

Fixed in version 26.1

Done: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #22 received at 28609 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Devon Sean McCullough <Emacs-Hacker2017 <at> jovi.net>
Cc: 28609 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#28609: simple.el
Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2017 16:02:25 +0300

> From: Devon Sean McCullough <Emacs-Hacker2017 <at> jovi.net>
> Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2017 10:51:04 -0400
> 
> Correct grammar; also, call a pair a pair.

Thanks for the fixes.

As for "pair", it's actually a cons cell, right?  Also, we do tend to
use the phrase "of the form ..." in our documentation, so there's no
need to remove that.

Finally, a nit: "Point position" is inherently ambiguous, so it's
better to use "Position of point" to disambiguate.  I made that change
in a followup commit.
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