say "mainline position" rather than "position in the mainline of P"

Co-authored-by: Richard van der Hoff <1389908+richvdh@users.noreply.github.com>
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@ -113,11 +113,12 @@ The *mainline ordering based on* *P* of a set of events is the ordering,
from smallest to largest, using the following comparison relation on from smallest to largest, using the following comparison relation on
events: for events *x* and *y*, *x*&lt;*y* if events: for events *x* and *y*, *x*&lt;*y* if
1. the position of *x* in the mainline of *P* is **greater** than 1. the mainline position of *x* is **greater** than
the position of *y* in the mainline of *P*; or the mainline position of *y* in the mainline of *P* (i.e. the auth chain of
2. the positions of the events are the same, but *x*'s *x* is based on an earlier event in the mainline than *y*); or
2. the mainline positions of the events are the same, but *x*'s
`origin_server_ts` is *less* than *y*'s `origin_server_ts`; or `origin_server_ts` is *less* than *y*'s `origin_server_ts`; or
3. the positions of the events are the same and the events have the 3. the mainline positions of the events are the same and the events have the
same `origin_server_ts`, but *x*'s `event_id` is *less* than *y*'s same `origin_server_ts`, but *x*'s `event_id` is *less* than *y*'s
`event_id`. `event_id`.