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NEWS.22: `allows' without an object


From: Robert J. Chassell
Subject: NEWS.22: `allows' without an object
Date: Mon, 28 May 2007 17:17:10 -0400 (EDT)

In English, as heard by a native,

    *** New user option `help-at-pt-display-when-idle' allows to

in emacs/etc/NEWS.22 sounds wrong.  It would sound better if it were

    *** New user option `help-at-pt-display-when-idle' allows you to
                                                              ^^^
Also in that same file, in
    *** You can now use Auto Revert mode to `tail' a file.
the line
    the end of the buffer in that window.  This allows to tail a file:
could be
    the end of the buffer in that window.  This allows you to tail a file:
                                                       ^^^
In
    *** Support for `movemail' from GNU mailutils was added to Rmail.
the line
    This version of `movemail' allows to read mail from a wide range of
could be
    This version of `movemail' allows you to read mail from a wide range of
                                      ^^^

(I think I found all the infelicities involving `allow'.  There may be
others but I stopped because the file was too big.  Mostly, I just
looked at the outline, but even that was large, over 5000 lines.  You
may substitute `GNU Emacs' for `you'.)

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