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diff --git a/Documentation/notation/simultaneous.itely b/Documentation/notation/simultaneous.itely
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--- a/Documentation/notation/simultaneous.itely
+++ b/Documentation/notation/simultaneous.itely
@@ -77,9 +77,11 @@ and ornamentation.
 }
 @end lilypond
 
-However some notation, such as dynamics, hairpins and slurs must be
-attached to the chord, rather than notes within the chord, otherwise
-they will not print.
+However some notation, such as dynamics and hairpins must be
+attached to the chord rather than to notes within the chord,
+otherwise they will not print.  Other notation like fingerings and
+slurs will get placed markedly different when attached to notes
+within a chord rather than to whole chords or single notes.
 
 @lilypond[verbatim,quote]
 \relative {
@@ -1025,37 +1027,36 @@ long passages of music even if some of the notes are the same in both
 voices, and could just as easily be printed as unison. Combining notes
 into a chord, or showing one voice as solo is, therefore, not ideal as
 the @code{\partcombine} function considers each note separately. In this
-case the @code{\partcombine} function can be overriden with the
-following commands:
-
-Commands ending in @code{@dots{}Once} apply only to the next note in the
-music expression.
+case the @code{\partcombine} function can be overridden with one of the
+following commands.  All of the commands may be preceded with
+@code{\once} in order to have them only apply to the next note in
+the music expression.
 
 @itemize
 @item
-@code{\partcombineApart} and @code{\once \partcombineApart} keep the
+@code{\partcombineApart} keeps the
 notes as two separate voices, even if they can be combined into a chord
 or unison.
 
 @item
-@code{\partcombineChords} and @code{\once \partcombineChords} combine the
+@code{\partcombineChords} combines the
 notes into a chord.
 
 @item
-@code{\partcombineUnisono} and @code{\once \partcombineUnisono} combine
+@code{\partcombineUnisono} combines
 both voices as @qq{unison}.
 
 @item
-@code{\partcombineSoloI} and @code{\once \partcombineSoloI} print only
-voice one, and mark it as a @qq{Solo}.
+@code{\partcombineSoloI} prints only
+voice one, and marks it as a @qq{Solo}.
 
 @item
-@code{\partcombineSoloII} or @code{\once \partcombineSoloII} print only
-voice two and mark it as a @qq{Solo}.
+@code{\partcombineSoloII} prints only
+voice two and marks it as a @qq{Solo}.
 
 @item
-@code{\partcombineAutomatic} and @code{\once \partcombineAutomatic} end
-the functions of the commands above, and revert back to the standard
+@code{\partcombineAutomatic} ends
+the functions of the commands above, and reverts back to the standard
 @code{\partcombine} functionality.
 @end itemize