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bug#24891: 25.1: Falsehood on page "Major Modes" of Emacs manual.
From: |
Alan Mackenzie |
Subject: |
bug#24891: 25.1: Falsehood on page "Major Modes" of Emacs manual. |
Date: |
Mon, 7 Nov 2016 22:14:05 +0000 |
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Mutt/1.5.24 (2015-08-30) |
Hello, Drew.
On Mon, Nov 07, 2016 at 12:51:02PM -0800, Drew Adams wrote:
> > > and we can drop the comma before "prior".
> > Maybe, maybe not. The bit beginning with "prior" isn't qualifying
> > what comes before, it's adding an extra bit of independent information,
> > so the comma is justified.
> I don't agree. It is not an independent clause - it cannot stand
> alone. It is an adverbial clause that qualifies how (when) the modes
> run the p-g-m hook.
Sorry to keep pounding on at this one, but I see the reason for the comma
now. It's because the "prior ..." bit applies to the "text-mode-hook"
bit as well as the "prog-mode-hook" bit. The comma prevents "prior ..."
from attaching exclusively to the "prog-mode-hook" bit.
Anyway, good afternoon (for you), good night (for me)!
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Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).