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authorGlenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>2012-04-25 20:31:47 -0400
committerGlenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>2012-04-25 20:31:47 -0400
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Use Texinfo recommended convention for quotes+punctuation.
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diff --git a/doc/lispref/lists.texi b/doc/lispref/lists.texi
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--- a/doc/lispref/lists.texi
+++ b/doc/lispref/lists.texi
@@ -35,12 +35,12 @@ object that represents an ordered pair. That is, it has two slots,
and each slot @dfn{holds}, or @dfn{refers to}, some Lisp object. One
slot is known as the @sc{car}, and the other is known as the @sc{cdr}.
(These names are traditional; see @ref{Cons Cell Type}.) @sc{cdr} is
-pronounced ``could-er.''
+pronounced ``could-er''.
We say that ``the @sc{car} of this cons cell is'' whatever object
its @sc{car} slot currently holds, and likewise for the @sc{cdr}.
- A list is a series of cons cells ``chained together,'' so that each
+ A list is a series of cons cells ``chained together'', so that each
cell refers to the next one. There is one cons cell for each element
of the list. By convention, the @sc{car}s of the cons cells hold the
elements of the list, and the @sc{cdr}s are used to chain the list
@@ -1633,7 +1633,7 @@ a @sc{cdr} @code{equal} to @var{value}.
@code{rassoc} is like @code{assoc} except that it compares the @sc{cdr} of
each @var{alist} association instead of the @sc{car}. You can think of
-this as ``reverse @code{assoc},'' finding the key for a given value.
+this as ``reverse @code{assoc}'', finding the key for a given value.
@end defun
@defun assq key alist
@@ -1674,7 +1674,7 @@ a @sc{cdr} @code{eq} to @var{value}.
@code{rassq} is like @code{assq} except that it compares the @sc{cdr} of
each @var{alist} association instead of the @sc{car}. You can think of
-this as ``reverse @code{assq},'' finding the key for a given value.
+this as ``reverse @code{assq}'', finding the key for a given value.
For example: