On Wednesday 08 January 2003 2:24 pm, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote:
> >>>>> "John" == John Levon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> John> On Wed, Jan 08, 2003 at 02:50:06PM +0100, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
>
> John> wrote:
> >> >> >> - fix functions word-find-forward and word-find-backward,
> >>
> >> which >> >> meaning was inverted
> >>
> >> I think `which' is right here, but my english is far from perfect.
> >> But I also think that the plural is needed. I add lyx-devel in cc
> >> to get advice from real english people.
>
> John> "whose" reads better, but I don't have a justification.
>
> That's a good enough justification. And should I use a plural for
> `meaning'?

Yes. 'whose' refers to both functions so you need
fix functions word-find-forward and word-find-backward whose meanings were 
inverted.

or perhaps more elegantly
fix functions word-find-forward and word-find-backward, the meanings of which 
were inverted.

-- 
Angus

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