[BRLTTY] Contraction errors: stringent, astringent
Dave Mielke
dave at mielke.cc
Mon Oct 23 20:36:25 EDT 2006
[quoted lines by Lee Maschmeyer on 2006/10/17 at 10:56 -0400]
>Stringent (and astringent) should use the i-n-g sign even though this
>crosses a syllable boundary.
And even though "ing" isn't pronounced "ing"? That's really strange. What does
the manual say about "singe"?
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