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@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ Portability problems fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
@item
On Windows platforms (excluding Cygwin), the descriptors returned by
-the @code{socket} function can not be used in calls to @code{read},
+the @code{socket} function cannot be used in calls to @code{read},
@code{write}, and @code{close}; you have to use @code{recv}, @code{send},
@code{closesocket} in these cases instead.
@item
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ used instead.
Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
@item
-On BeOS, the descriptors returned by the @code{socket} function can not be used
+On BeOS, the descriptors returned by the @code{socket} function cannot be used
in calls to @code{read}, @code{write}, and @code{close}; you have to use
@code{recv}, @code{send}, @code{closesocket} in these cases instead.
@end itemize