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[groff] 09/11: [docs]: Use appropriate grammatical mood.
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G. Branden Robinson |
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[groff] 09/11: [docs]: Use appropriate grammatical mood. |
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Tue, 12 Apr 2022 18:42:55 -0400 (EDT) |
gbranden pushed a commit to branch master
in repository groff.
commit 3bccbfc895dc2fb9b9e03e84104ca505c04aea81
Author: G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com>
AuthorDate: Wed Apr 13 06:07:41 2022 +1000
[docs]: Use appropriate grammatical mood.
The subjunctive's not dead yet.
---
doc/groff.texi | 2 +-
man/roff.7.man | 2 +-
2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/groff.texi b/doc/groff.texi
index 61fa2f24..91b33fe8 100644
--- a/doc/groff.texi
+++ b/doc/groff.texi
@@ -5548,7 +5548,7 @@ top. Typographers have a name for this unit:@: ``vee''.
@cindex break, page
Vertical spacing has an impact on page-breaking decisions. Generally,
when a break occurs, the formatter moves the drawing position to the
-next text baseline automatically. If the formatter was already writing
+next text baseline automatically. If the formatter were already writing
to the last line that would fit on the page, advancing by one vee would
place the next text baseline off the page. Rather than let that happen,
@code{roff} formatters instruct the output driver to eject the page,
diff --git a/man/roff.7.man b/man/roff.7.man
index 4a6e8ce9..dcbcdbad 100644
--- a/man/roff.7.man
+++ b/man/roff.7.man
@@ -478,7 +478,7 @@ when a break occurs,
the formatter moves the drawing position to the next text baseline
automatically.
.
-If the formatter was already writing to the last line that would fit on
+If the formatter were already writing to the last line that would fit on
the page,
advancing by one vee would place the next text baseline off the page.
.
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