gbranden pushed a commit to branch master
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commit 23de1e1cc77b03825ecf790cd5854f2ab65a4d14
Author: G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robin...@gmail.com>
AuthorDate: Sat Aug 2 09:37:23 2025 -0500
groff(7): Improve grammar.
A sentence using a parenthetical should be grammatical whether the
parenthetical is read or not. When it isn't, an interruption bracketed
by em dashes is better. (Or one can recast.)
---
man/groff.7.man | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/man/groff.7.man b/man/groff.7.man
index aaa7bdbb7..888b9d0d3 100644
--- a/man/groff.7.man
+++ b/man/groff.7.man
@@ -2530,8 +2530,8 @@ enclose the
with its operand in parentheses
or subtract the expression of interest from zero.
.
-If a prior value does not exist
-(the register was undefined),
+If a prior value does not exist\c
+\[em](the register was undefined\[em]\c
an increment or decrement is applied as if to\~0.
.
.
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