GNU bug report logs - #5744
23.1.92; doc string of `version<' etc.

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>

Date: Sat, 20 Mar 2010 15:00:03 UTC

Severity: minor

Done: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #20 received at 5744 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: stepnem <at> gmail.com, 5744 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#5744: 23.1.92; doc string of `version<' etc.
Date: Sat, 20 Mar 2010 22:46:34 +0200

> From: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
> Date: Sat, 20 Mar 2010 11:10:10 -0700
> Cc: 5744 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> > > 1. Change "lesser than" to "less than".
> >
> > "Lesser" seems completely fine to me, but I'm not a native speaker.
> 
> That's why it seems completely fine to you. It's not English. ;-)
> "less than" is correct; "lesser than" is not correct.

With versions, it might be better to use "older" and "newer" instead.
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