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simple.el docstring grammar fixes

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Message #25 received at 28609 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Johan Bockgård <bojohan <at> gnu.org>
Cc: jwiegley <at> gmail.com, Emacs-Hacker2017 <at> jovi.net, 28609 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#28609: simple.el
Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2017 16:28:16 +0300

> From: Johan Bockgård <bojohan <at> gnu.org>
> Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2017 21:09:59 +0200
> Cc: John Wiegley <jwiegley <at> gmail.com>, 28609 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> Devon Sean McCullough <Emacs-Hacker2017 <at> jovi.net> writes:
> 
> > @@ -1003,7 +1003,7 @@
> >  If METHOD is `delete-only', then delete the region; the return value
> >  is undefined.  If METHOD is nil, then return the content as a string.
> >  If METHOD is `bounds', then return the boundaries of the region
> > -as a list of the form (START . END).
> > +as a pair of (START . END) positions.
> 
> It's a list of pairs.

Actually, a cons cell, right?

> > @@ -5473,7 +5473,7 @@
> >         (progn (cl-assert (mark)) t)))
> >  
> >  (defun region-bounds ()
> > -  "Return the boundaries of the region as a list of (START . END) positions."
> > +  "Return the boundaries of the region as a pair of (START . END) positions."
> >    (funcall region-extract-function 'bounds))
> 
> Ditto.

Ditto, right?

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