GNU bug report logs - #51271
Typo's in Emacs documentation

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Mor Zahavi <morzahavi <at> me.com>

Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2021 17:33:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Fixed in version 28.1

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: "morzahavi <at> me.com" <morzahavi <at> me.com>
Cc: 51271 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, stefan <at> marxist.se
Subject: bug#51271: Typo's in Emacs documentation
Date: Sun, 14 Nov 2021 19:14:02 +0200

> From: "morzahavi <at> me.com" <morzahavi <at> me.com>
> CC: "stefan <at> marxist.se" <stefan <at> marxist.se>, "51271 <at> debbugs.gnu.org"
> 	<51271 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>
> Date: Sun, 14 Nov 2021 16:59:21 +0000
> 
> I don’t understand – how can there be many kinds of a singular form? How can there be a few of a singular
> form?

It's a special English form that is relatively rarely used.  But it is
nevertheless correct.

> Where is the comment you’ve added?

In the Texinfo source.  I show it below:

  @c This and the next paragraph say ``kinds of atom'', but that is not
  @c a typo, just slightly ``old-fashioned wording which adds a fillip
  @c of interest to it'', and ``is more elegant writing'', according to
  @c RMS.

As you see, I consulted with Richard Stallman about this issue,
because I had a gut feeling the original wording was correct, but
wasn't sure.  Bob Chassell, who wrote that manual, always used 100%
correct English.
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