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27.0.50; Improve grammar of map-y-or-n-p help text

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From: "Basil L. Contovounesios" <contovob <at> tcd.ie>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: 27.0.50; Improve grammar of map-y-or-n-p help text
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2018 14:25:36 +0000

[0001-Improve-grammar-of-map-y-or-n-p-help-text.patch (text/x-diff, attachment)]

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The help text displayed by the function map-y-or-n-p when the user types
C-h contains the following grammatically dubious phrase:

  RET or ‘q’ to give up on the act on (skip all remaining objects);
                           ^^^^^^^^^^

where an (configurable) action verb follows the definite article.

I attach a patch to both avoid this and clarify that the current object
is skipped as well as all remaining ones.

Thanks,

-- 
Basil

In GNU Emacs 27.0.50 (build 13, x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, X toolkit, Xaw3d scroll bars)
 of 2018-01-03 built on thunk
Repository revision: f8b4e87d5d4f57954b50677add76ce5136211dc1
Windowing system distributor 'The X.Org Foundation', version 11.0.11905000
System Description: Debian GNU/Linux testing (buster)

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