Re: [PATCH] Add user extension APIs for WebKit Xwidgets

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
> Cc: eliz@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org
> Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2022 13:04:21 -0400
> 
>   > The description on
>   > https://gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Content speaks of works
>   > and publications, thus it does not relate to file contents or buffer
>   > contents which is something else but work or publication.
> 
> That's correct.  Indeed, these are two different usages: one is
> "content" and the other is "contents".  "Contents" is used in regard
> to one specific work, and there is no problem with that usage.
> 
> "Content" is an abstraction use to generalkize and equate _all_
> publications and communications, of whatever kind of medium.
> The range of generalization is what makes it a problem.

IME, non-native English speakers frequently don't distinguish between
"content" and "contents", and use the former when they mean the
latter.  That's why I made my comment, and that's why I also think the
article should take that into account, so it avoids one possible
confusion.