GNU bug report logs - #9393
24.0.50; Tiny bug in info node "(elisp)Building Lists"

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Dani Moncayo <dmoncayo <at> gmail.com>

Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2011 13:33:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: patch

Found in version 24.0.50

Done: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Dani Moncayo <dmoncayo <at> gmail.com>
To: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 9393 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#9393: 24.0.50; Typo in Elisp manual
Date: Mon, 3 Oct 2011 08:28:05 +0200

>>> The "advice" feature lets you add to the existing definition of a
>>> function, by "advising the function".
>>
>> Please, correct me if I'm wrong (English is not my first language),
>> but I think that this sentence is lacking a substantive just after
>> "lets you add".  For example: "... lets you add code to the existing
>> ..."
>
> The current wording seems fine to me. The OED says that "add" can be
> used intransitively with "to", in the sense of "making something more
> extensive".

Thanks Glenn, noted.

[This report is already closed, so there's nothing else to do.]

-- 
Dani Moncayo
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