breaks any hard links between it and other files.
This feature is advisory: for example, if the directory in which the
-file is being saved is not writeable, Emacs may ignore a non-nil value
+file is being saved is not writable, Emacs may ignore a non-nil value
of `file-precious-flag' and write directly into the file.
See also: `break-hardlink-on-save'."
Unlike `file-precious-flag', `break-hardlink-on-save' is not advisory.
For example, if the directory in which a file is being saved is not
-itself writeable, then error instead of saving in some
+itself writable, then error instead of saving in some
hardlink-nonbreaking way.
See also `backup-by-copying' and `backup-by-copying-when-linked'."