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27.1; An Introduction to Programming in Emacs Lisp

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Message #14 received at 43965 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org>
To: Carlos Ysais <carlos.ysais <at> yahoo.com>
Cc: 43965 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#43965: 27.1; An Introduction to Programming in Emacs Lisp
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2020 00:43:12 -0400

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  > The original sentence was already correct and I was just reading "line 
  > point" as
  > a single word rather than separate words which made me confused. Though
  > personally I find inserting "where" to transform the phrase to "the line 
  > where
  > point is on" makes it less confusing.

Adding a word there seems like a good idea.  Thanks for suggesting it.

Grammatically, the word should be "that", not "where", because its
antecedent is the omitted object of the preposition "on".

Where exactly did you find that text?

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