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diff --git a/lispref/control.texi b/lispref/control.texi
index 17311fccf4babfc788a7d82b376516519483fa43..2925201285b6fdeb648b2b21590497bcaa9a319f 100644 (file)
--- a/lispref/control.texi
+++ b/lispref/control.texi
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 @cindex control structures
 
   A Lisp program consists of expressions or @dfn{forms} (@pxref{Forms}).
-We control the order of execution of the forms by enclosing them in
+We control the order of execution of these forms by enclosing them in
 @dfn{control structures}.  Control structures are special forms which
 control when, whether, or how many times to execute the forms they
 contain.
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ control construct of Lisp.
 @end example
 
 @noindent
-and it says to execute the forms @var{a}, @var{b}, @var{c} and so on, in
+and it says to execute the forms @var{a}, @var{b}, @var{c}, and so on, in
 that order.  These forms are called the body of the @code{progn} form.
 The value of the last form in the body becomes the value of the entire
 @code{progn}.
@@ -556,8 +556,8 @@ The return point is distinguished from other such return points by
 @var{tag} is evaluated normally before the return point is established.
 
 With the return point in effect, @code{catch} evaluates the forms of the
-@var{body} in textual order.  If the forms execute normally, without
-error or nonlocal exit, the value of the last body form is returned from
+@var{body} in textual order.  If the forms execute normally (without
+error or nonlocal exit) the value of the last body form is returned from
 the @code{catch}.
 
 If a @code{throw} is done within @var{body} specifying the same value
@@ -702,7 +702,7 @@ instead.  @xref{Catch and Throw}.
   Most errors are signaled ``automatically'' within Lisp primitives
 which you call for other purposes, such as if you try to take the
 @sc{car} of an integer or move forward a character at the end of the
-buffer; you can also signal errors explicitly with the functions
+buffer.  You can also signal errors explicitly with the functions
 @code{error} and @code{signal}.
 
   Quitting, which happens when the user types @kbd{C-g}, is not 

diff --git a/lispref/searching.texi b/lispref/searching.texi
index 4d084166fb8b28894e0757fef05fc549526c1eb4..0f465edc0116cacedcb5e7e2fad7da01a8e249cb 100644 (file)
--- a/lispref/searching.texi
+++ b/lispref/searching.texi
@@ -699,7 +699,7 @@ simple mirror images.  @code{re-search-forward} finds the match whose
 beginning is as close as possible to the starting point.  If
 @code{re-search-backward} were a perfect mirror image, it would find the
 match whose end is as close as possible.  However, in fact it finds the
-match whose beginning is as close as possible.  The reason is that
+match whose beginning is as close as possible.  The reason for this is that
 matching a regular expression at a given spot always works from
 beginning to end, and starts at a specified beginning position.
 
@@ -988,7 +988,7 @@ Display some help, then ask again.
 @section The Match Data
 @cindex match data
 
-  Emacs keeps track of the positions of the start and end of segments of
+  Emacs keeps track of the start and end positions of the segments of
 text found during a regular expression search.  This means, for example,
 that you can search for a complex pattern, such as a date in an Rmail
 message, and then extract parts of the match under control of the