directory, but an absolute file name refers to the same file regardless
of which directory is current. On GNU and Unix systems, an absolute
file name starts with a slash (the root directory) or with @samp{~/} or
-@samp{~@var{user}/} (a home directory). On MS-Windows/MS-DOS, and
+@samp{~@var{user}/} (a home directory). On MS-Windows/MS-DOS, an
absolute file name can also start with a drive letter and a colon
@samp{@var{d}:}.
@item Moving Text
Moving text means erasing it from one place and inserting it in
-another. The usual way to move text by killing (q.v.@:) and then
-yanking (q.v.@:). @xref{Killing}.
+another. The usual way to move text is by killing (q.v.@:) it and then
+yanking (q.v.@:) it. @xref{Killing}.
@item MULE
MULE refers to the Emacs features for editing multilingual non-@acronym{ASCII} text