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[groff] 03/04: groff_man.7.man: Make English style tweak.


From: G. Branden Robinson
Subject: [groff] 03/04: groff_man.7.man: Make English style tweak.
Date: Sun, 30 Jun 2019 05:19:43 -0400 (EDT)

gbranden pushed a commit to branch master
in repository groff.

commit 2c6159ba8172d1479563ce30ab590f53f9ec9043
Author: G. Branden Robinson <address@hidden>
Date:   Sun Jun 30 17:55:39 2019 +1000

    groff_man.7.man: Make English style tweak.
    
    Recast slightly to relieve strain on subject/verb agreement.
    
    (Consider: "Either dogs or a cat is needed to keep your home free of
    vermin."  The former conjuct pulls one way, the latter the other.)
---
 tmac/groff_man.7.man | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tmac/groff_man.7.man b/tmac/groff_man.7.man
index a7cd39f..d1c836c 100644
--- a/tmac/groff_man.7.man
+++ b/tmac/groff_man.7.man
@@ -1913,8 +1913,8 @@ and it is slightly more portable than the more exact 
\(oq\e(rs\(cq
 Switch to bold, italic, roman, or back to the previous font,
 respectively.
 .
-Either these or \(oq\ec\(cq is needed when three different fonts are
-required in a single whitespace-delimited word.
+Either \(oq\ef\(cq or \(oq\ec\(cq is needed when three different fonts
+are required in a single whitespace-delimited word.
 .
 .
 .RS



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