GNU bug report logs - #75512
Typo in (elisp) Symbol Components documentation

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Incorrect plural on word "variable":

modified   doc/lispref/symbols.texi
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ reference any object.  (This is not the same thing as h=
olding the symbol
 a value cell that is void results in an error, such as @samp{Symbol's
 value as variable is void}.
=20
-  Because each symbol has separate value and function cells, variables
+  Because each symbol has separate value and function cells, variable
 names and function names do not conflict.  For example, the symbol
 @code{buffer-file-name} has a value (the name of the file being
 visited in the current buffer) as well as a function definition (a

It may also help comprehension to remove the word "names" as follows:

modified   doc/lispref/symbols.texi
@@ -106,8 +106,8 @@ reference any object.  (This is not the same thing as h=
olding the symbol
 a value cell that is void results in an error, such as @samp{Symbol's
 value as variable is void}.
=20
-  Because each symbol has separate value and function cells, variables
-names and function names do not conflict.  For example, the symbol
+  Because each symbol has separate value and function cells, variable
+and function names do not conflict.  For example, the symbol
 @code{buffer-file-name} has a value (the name of the file being
 visited in the current buffer) as well as a function definition (a
 primitive function that returns the name of the file):

Removing "names" makes the form of the statement match the form of the prec=
eding phrase.  The phrase has form "A and B X", the statement has form "A X=
 and B X".

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