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1 files changed, 6 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/txr.1 b/txr.1
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+++ b/txr.1
@@ -1077,14 +1077,14 @@ requires a matching @(end) directive. So in other words, @(collect) is not only
an expression, but serves as a kind of token in a higher level phrase structure
grammar.
-Usually if a directive occurs alone in a line, not preceded or followed
-by other material, it is involved in a "vertical" (or line oriented)
-syntax.
+Usually if this type of "syntactic directive" occurs alone in a line, not
+preceded or followed by other material, it is involved in a "vertical" (or line
+oriented) syntax.
-If a directive is embedded in a line (has preceding or trailing material) then
-it is in a horizontal syntactic and semantic context (character-oriented).
+If such a directive is embedded in a line (has preceding or trailing material)
+then it is in a horizontal syntactic and semantic context (character-oriented).
-There is an exceptions. The a definition of a horizontal function
+There is an exception: the a definition of a horizontal function
looks like this:
@(define name (arg))body material@(end)