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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From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, Devon Sean McCullough <Emacs-Hacker2017 <at> jovi.net>
Cc: 28609 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#28609: simple.el
Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2017 19:30:40 -0700 (PDT)

> 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.

Apologies for not reading the thread.  Going only by what is written
here, which might not be fair/appropriate, "position of point" is
also ill-advised.  "Point" is the buffer position of the cursor
(text-insertion position).  "Position of point" would then mean
"position of position of the cursor".

Again, please ignore if interpreting this out of context is mistaken.
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