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[groff] 01/39: doc/groff.texi: Drop relic phrase of past wording.


From: G. Branden Robinson
Subject: [groff] 01/39: doc/groff.texi: Drop relic phrase of past wording.
Date: Tue, 31 May 2022 20:32:17 -0400 (EDT)

gbranden pushed a commit to branch master
in repository groff.

commit af42eb1e51976badc17c684b43c1634754a38962
Author: G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com>
AuthorDate: Fri May 27 14:11:33 2022 -0500

    doc/groff.texi: Drop relic phrase of past wording.
    
    Thanks to Dave Kemper for pointing out the goof.
---
 doc/groff.texi | 8 ++++----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/groff.texi b/doc/groff.texi
index deaad3b3..06b6f926 100644
--- a/doc/groff.texi
+++ b/doc/groff.texi
@@ -6942,10 +6942,10 @@ Increment (decrement) register @var{ident} by 
@var{value}.
 @cindex negating register values
 A leading minus sign in @var{value} is always interpreted as a
 decrementation operator, not an algebraic sign.  To assign a register a
-negative value or the negated value of another register, you can use
-either of two techniques to to force GNU @code{troff} to interpret
-@code{-} as a negation or minus, rather than decrementation, operator:
-enclose it with its operand(s) in parentheses.
+negative value or the negated value of another register, you can
+force GNU @code{troff} to interpret @code{-} as a negation or minus,
+rather than decrementation, operator: enclose it with its operand(s) in
+parentheses.
 
 @Example
 .nr a 7



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