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Re: feature/eglot-texi-manual 4725c123f3 2/5: ; eglot.texi: Fix typos an


From: Gregory Heytings
Subject: Re: feature/eglot-texi-manual 4725c123f3 2/5: ; eglot.texi: Fix typos and minor inconsistenciesfeature/eglot-texi-manual 4725c123f3 2/5: ; eglot.texi: Fix typos and minor inconsistencies
Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2022 08:41:38 +0000


IMHO, it doesn't.  And, FWIW, here's what the CMOS says:

Please don't care too much about what the CMOS says. There are enough native English speakers here to offer advice on good technical English (I personally have always benefited from excellent advice from RMS, whenever I had any such problems).


I'd be curious to hear RMS' opinion on the matter. Note that CMOS (and other style guides) are also, and primarily, meant for native speakers. Also note that Strunk & White say the same:

_That_ is the defining, or restrictive, pronoun, _which_ the nondefining, or nonrestrictive.

The lawn mower that is broken is in the garage. (Tells which one.)

The lawn mower, which is broken, is in the garage. (Adds a fact about the only mower in question.)

[...] Careful writers, watchful for small conveniences, go _which_-hunting, remove the defining _whiches_, and by so doing improve their work.

CONTRIBUTE says that "We prefer American English both in doc strings and in the manuals", so it seems to me that this rule should be used.


The important part here is not to make stylistic changes unless the original is clearly wrong or unclear. When in doubt, please ask.


With that I agree, of course.



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