; Copyedits in etc/NEWS

diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index 7d4abd384fb044e25d3a0559c794e54143071c00..ca467c0ad498a4175c1c479474fbee2d0b354af0 100644 (file)
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ interface that's more like functions like @code{search-forward}.
 
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 ** More commands support noncontiguous rectangular regions, namely
-‘upcase-dwim’, ‘downcase-dwim’, ‘replace-string’, ‘replace-regexp’.
+'upcase-dwim', 'downcase-dwim', 'replace-string', 'replace-regexp'.
 
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 * Changes in Specialized Modes and Packages in Emacs 27.1
@@ -439,7 +439,7 @@ as it has been reported that many recipients can't read forwards that
 are formatted as MIME digests.
 
 +++
-*** `message-forward-included-headers' has changed its default to
+*** 'message-forward-included-headers' has changed its default to
 exclude most headers when forwarding.
 
 * New Modes and Packages in Emacs 27.1
@@ -554,14 +554,14 @@ titled "Allow `&rest' or `&optional' without following variable
 (Bug#29165)" for a full listing of which arglists are accepted across
 versions.
 
-** Internal parsing commands now use syntax-ppss and disregard
-open-paren-in-column-0-is-defun-start.  This affects mostly things like
-forward-comment, scan-sexps, and forward-sexp when parsing backward.
+** Internal parsing commands now use 'syntax-ppss' and disregard
+'open-paren-in-column-0-is-defun-start'.  This affects mostly things like
+'forward-comment', 'scan-sexps', and 'forward-sexp' when parsing backward.
 The new variable 'comment-use-syntax-ppss' can be set to nil to recover the old
 behavior if needed.
 
 ** The 'server-name' and 'server-socket-dir' variables are set when a
-socket has been pased to Emacs (Bug#24218).
+socket has been passed to Emacs (Bug#24218).
 
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 ** The 'file-system-info' function is now available on all platforms.
@@ -569,7 +569,7 @@ instead of just Microsoft platforms.  This fixes a 'get-free-disk-space'
 bug on OS X 10.8 and later (Bug#28639).
 
 +++
-** New macro combine-change-calls arranges to call the change hooks
+** New macro 'combine-change-calls' arranges to call the change hooks
 ('before-change-functions' and 'after-change-functions') just once
 each around a sequence of lisp forms, given a region.  This is
 useful when a function makes a possibly large number of repetitive