server to provide the definitions of that word in one or more
dictionaries. By default, the command first tries to connect to the
@sc{dict} server installed on the local host, and if that fails, it
-tries @file{dict.org} after your confirmation; customize the variable
+tries @file{dict.org} after asking for confirmation; customize the variable
@code{dictionary-server} to specify, as a string, the URL of a single
server to use (use @samp{localhost} if you want to query only the local
server). Normally, @code{dictionary-search} tells the server to look up
the word in all the dictionaries available to the server, but if you
invoke the command with a prefix argument, it will prompt for a single
-dictionary to look. The list of dictionaries available to a server can
+dictionary to use. The list of dictionaries available to a server can
be displayed by pressing the @samp{Select dictionary} button shown in
the @file{*Dictionary*} buffer, described below.
- First time you use @code{dictionary-search}, it creates a new
+ The first time you use @code{dictionary-search}, it creates a new
@file{*Dictionary*} buffer and turns on a special mode in it. The
buffer shows buttons for selecting a dictionary, searching a definition
of another word, etc. Subsequent @code{dictionary-search} commands
-reuse this buffer. To create another such buffer (e.g., too look up
+reuse this buffer. To create another such buffer (e.g., to look up
other words, perhaps in another dictionary), type @w{@kbd{M-x dictionary
@key{RET}}}.