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bug#11689: [PATCH 04/14] etc/tutorials/TUTORIAL: Eradicate the future te
From: |
Michael Witten |
Subject: |
bug#11689: [PATCH 04/14] etc/tutorials/TUTORIAL: Eradicate the future tense |
Date: |
Wed, 13 Jun 2012 00:07:05 -0000 |
Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2012 03:47:39 +0000
There is usually very little value in using the future tense when
writing about universal and eternal principles.
---
etc/tutorials/TUTORIAL | 10 +++++-----
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/etc/tutorials/TUTORIAL b/etc/tutorials/TUTORIAL
index e426056..7d027f7 100644
--- a/etc/tutorials/TUTORIAL
+++ b/etc/tutorials/TUTORIAL
@@ -532,8 +532,8 @@ not lost. The new name is made by adding "~" to the end of
the
original file's name.
When saving is finished, Emacs displays the name of the file written.
-You should save fairly often, so that you will not lose very much
-work if the system should crash (see the section "Auto Save" below).
+You should save fairly often, so that you do not lose very much
+work if the system crashes (see the section "Auto Save" below).
>> Type C-x C-s TUTORIAL <Return>.
This should save this tutorial to a file named TUTORIAL, and show
@@ -541,10 +541,10 @@ work if the system should crash (see the section "Auto
Save" below).
You can find an existing file, to view it or edit it. You can also
find a file which does not already exist. This is the way to create a
-file with Emacs: find the file, which will start out empty, and then
+file with Emacs: find the file, which starts out empty, and then
begin inserting the text for the file. When you ask to "save" the
-file, Emacs will really create the file with the text that you have
-inserted. From then on, you can consider yourself to be editing an
+file, Emacs actually creates the file with the text that you have
+inserted. From then on, you may consider yourself to be editing an
already existing file.
--
1.7.10.2.484.gcd07cc5
- bug#11689: [PATCH 00/14] Copyediting: etc/tutorials/TUTORIAL, Michael Witten, 2012/06/12
- bug#11689: [PATCH 01/14] etc/tutorials/TUTORIAL: Remove text saying `C-x 1' is first 2-char command, Michael Witten, 2012/06/12
- bug#11689: [PATCH 03/14] etc/tutorials/TUTORIAL: Remove redundant comparison of killing and deleting, Michael Witten, 2012/06/12
- bug#11689: [PATCH 02/14] etc/tutorials/TUTORIAL: Describe the act of scrolling text more consistently, Michael Witten, 2012/06/12
- bug#11689: [PATCH 04/14] etc/tutorials/TUTORIAL: Eradicate the future tense,
Michael Witten <=
- bug#11689: [PATCH 05/14] etc/tutorials/TUTORIAL: Minor rewording to streamline and generalize `C-x s' intro, Michael Witten, 2012/06/12
- bug#11689: [PATCH 06/14] etc/tutorials/TUTORIAL: Use `application' consistently by replacing an occurence of `program', Michael Witten, 2012/06/12
- bug#11689: [PATCH 08/14] etc/tutorials/TUTORIAL: Remove the word `globally', Michael Witten, 2012/06/12
- bug#11689: [PATCH 09/14] etc/tutorials/TUTORIAL: Replace occurences of `--' with more appropriate text, Michael Witten, 2012/06/12
- bug#11689: [PATCH 10/14] etc/tutorials/TUTORIAL: c-h-a-n-g-e-d -> "changed", Michael Witten, 2012/06/12
- bug#11689: [PATCH 14/14] etc/ChangeLog: Note my patch series for etc/tutorials/TUTORIAL, Michael Witten, 2012/06/12
- bug#11689: [PATCH 07/14] etc/tutorials/TUTORIAL: Generalize the description of when to use `C-x C-c', Michael Witten, 2012/06/12
- bug#11689: [PATCH 13/14] etc/tutorials/TUTORIAL: Place `C-x C-f' beside `find-file' for clarity, Michael Witten, 2012/06/12
- bug#11689: [PATCH 12/14] etc/tutorials/TUTORIAL: Make consistent the white space around `>>' instructions, Michael Witten, 2012/06/12
- bug#11689: [PATCH 11/14] etc/tutorials/TUTORIAL: Complete instructions by telling the user to move the cursor, Michael Witten, 2012/06/12