From: Paul Eggert Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2017 05:38:28 +0000 (-0700) Subject: * CONTRIBUTE: Suggest American English. X-Git-Tag: archive/raspbian/1%29.2+1-2+rpi1^2~5^2~21^2~1018 X-Git-Url: https://dgit.raspbian.org/%22http:/www.example.com/cgi/%22https:/www.github.com/%22bookmarks:///%22http:/www.example.com/cgi/%22https:/www.github.com/%22bookmarks:/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=622c675648e81d9c9267c26475dbcb617633c022;p=emacs.git * CONTRIBUTE: Suggest American English. --- diff --git a/CONTRIBUTE b/CONTRIBUTE index d01ac8b07ed..78a2d515cd5 100644 --- a/CONTRIBUTE +++ b/CONTRIBUTE @@ -195,7 +195,8 @@ them right the first time, so here are guidelines for formatting them: sentences starting with a capital and ending with a period (except the summary line should not end in a period). See https://www.gnu.org/prep/standards/html_node/Comments.html - or run 'info "(standards)Comments"'. + or run 'info "(standards)Comments"'. American English is preferred + in Emacs. They are preserved indefinitely, and have a reasonable chance of being read in the future, so it's better that they have good