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bug#11862: [PATCH 1/9] doc/lispref/intro.texi: Offset modifier
From: |
Michael Witten |
Subject: |
bug#11862: [PATCH 1/9] doc/lispref/intro.texi: Offset modifier |
Date: |
Thu, 05 Jul 2012 16:52:00 -0000 |
On Thu, 05 Jul 2012 06:13:55 -0400, Richard Stallman wrote:
> - Sometimes to help describe one form we show another form that
> + Sometimes to help describe one form, we show another form that
> produces identical results.
>
> An unpaired comma here is not correct.
> This would be correct
>
> + Sometimes, to help describe one form, we show another form that
>
> or this
>
> + To help describe one form, we sometimes show another form that
>
> However, the current text is also correct; commas here are not
> required.
I prefer your second suggestion above all else.
- bug#11862: [PATCH 0/9] doc/lispref/intro.texi: Copyediting, Michael Witten, 2012/07/04
- bug#11862: [PATCH 1/9] doc/lispref/intro.texi: Offset modifier with a comma, Michael Witten, 2012/07/04
- bug#11862: [PATCH 2/9] doc/lispref/intro.texi: `can' -> `may', Michael Witten, 2012/07/04
- bug#11862: [PATCH 7/9] doc/lispref/intro.texi: `optional' -> `&optional';, Michael Witten, 2012/07/04
- bug#11862: [PATCH 5/9] doc/lispref/intro.texi: Use singular form in a sentence, Michael Witten, 2012/07/04
- bug#11862: [PATCH 4/9] doc/lispref/intro.texi: More precise language, Michael Witten, 2012/07/04
- bug#11862: [PATCH 3/9] doc/lispref/intro.texi: Eradicate that pesky future tense, Michael Witten, 2012/07/04
- bug#11862: [PATCH 8/9] doc/lispref/intro.texi: More precise language for, Michael Witten, 2012/07/04