; Fix some doc typos and minor language issues

diff --git a/doc/emacs/display.texi b/doc/emacs/display.texi
index 29902c1d979fd763eaa573fc932961c8c7248f6c..6897ef525a2d5015903124fa227f06fe6338dbeb 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/emacs/display.texi
+++ b/doc/emacs/display.texi
@@ -1908,7 +1908,7 @@ The command @kbd{M-x display-line-numbers-mode} provides a
 convenient way to turn on display of line numbers.  This mode has a globalized
 variant, @code{global-display-line-numbers-mode}.  The user option
 @code{display-line-numbers-type} controls which sub-mode of
-line-number display, described above, will these modes activate.
+line-number display, described above, these modes will activate.
 
 @noindent
 Note that line numbers are not displayed in the minibuffer and in the

diff --git a/etc/tutorials/TUTORIAL.it b/etc/tutorials/TUTORIAL.it
index 32fe7105628bbcef8e6ca17573c9d5534e338b2b..c908e36e05f2e7d01cc8abcd2392d601efdda6b5 100644 (file)
--- a/etc/tutorials/TUTORIAL.it
+++ b/etc/tutorials/TUTORIAL.it
@@ -1110,7 +1110,7 @@ mentre fai riferimento al testo di aiuto e poi usare un C-x 1.
 
 Ecco altre utili opzioni di C-h:
 
-       C-h x   Descrive un comando.  Inserisci il nome della comando.
+       C-h x   Descrive un comando.  Inserisci il nome del comando.
 
 >> Prova con C-h x previous-line <Invio>.
    Questo mostrerà tutte le informazioni che Emacs possiede sulla

diff --git a/lisp/emacs-lisp/ert-x.el b/lisp/emacs-lisp/ert-x.el
index 17967ae2bfc94ffdd7ffb6bcdb58dc7a24b85a0d..12534c7c4ce4c617956689e51b62a44ba0c01cb1 100644 (file)
--- a/lisp/emacs-lisp/ert-x.el
+++ b/lisp/emacs-lisp/ert-x.el
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ ERT--THUNK with that buffer as current."
 
 To be used in ERT tests.  If BODY finishes successfully, the test
 buffer is killed; if there is an error, the test buffer is kept
-around on error for further inspection.  Its name is derived from
+around for further inspection.  Its name is derived from
 the name of the test and the result of NAME-FORM."
   (declare (debug ((":name" form) def-body))
            (indent 1))

diff --git a/lisp/gnus/mm-uu.el b/lisp/gnus/mm-uu.el
index 9fe41f678664594779e19fbfbfcdb69ae63d6921..8646998deb904732ba5b51ebeddebb5a0d191e48 100644 (file)
--- a/lisp/gnus/mm-uu.el
+++ b/lisp/gnus/mm-uu.el
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ This can be either \"inline\" or \"attachment\".")
      "$"
      ,#'mm-uu-org-src-code-block-extract))
   "A list of specifications for non-MIME attachments.
-Each element consist of a `mm-uu-entry'.
+Each element consists of a `mm-uu-entry'.
 The functions in the last 3 slots of this type can make use of the following
 dynamically-scoped variables:
 `file-name', `start-point', and `end-point'.

diff --git a/lisp/mail/footnote.el b/lisp/mail/footnote.el
index 638382dbab5f4a0607a5cdf2c2c7eb3127f3cdc7..626fc1982d54ed18346aa8107e34a6905a86e1ee 100644 (file)
--- a/lisp/mail/footnote.el
+++ b/lisp/mail/footnote.el
@@ -41,11 +41,11 @@
 ;; + The key sequence 'C-c ! a C-y C-c ! b' should auto-fill the
 ;;   footnote in adaptive fill mode.  This does not seem to be a bug in
 ;;   `adaptive-fill' because it behaves that way on all point movements
-;; + Handle footmode mode elegantly in all modes, even if that means refuses to
+;; + Handle footnote mode elegantly in all modes, even if that means refusing to
 ;;   accept the burden.  For example, in a programming language mode, footnotes
 ;;   should be commented.
-;; + Manually autofilling the a first footnote should not cause it to
-;;   wrap into the footnote section tag
+;; + Manually autofilling the first footnote should not cause it to
+;;   wrap into the footnote section tag.
 ;;   + Current solution adds a second newline after the section tag, so it is
 ;;     clearly a separate paragraph.  There may be stylistic objections to this.
 ;; + Footnotes with multiple paragraphs should not have their first

diff --git a/lisp/progmodes/sh-script.el b/lisp/progmodes/sh-script.el
index 03313033ddec9b7fa5f5c5e2798be631adb67ee8..966357c0970360c512841cc94041466f6d1c8221 100644 (file)
--- a/lisp/progmodes/sh-script.el
+++ b/lisp/progmodes/sh-script.el
@@ -1412,7 +1412,7 @@ If FORCE is non-nil and no process found, create one."
   (pop-to-buffer (process-buffer (sh-shell-process t))))
 
 (defun sh-send-text (text)
-  "Send the text to the `sh-shell-process'."
+  "Send TEXT to `sh-shell-process'."
   (comint-send-string (sh-shell-process t) (concat text "\n")))
 
 (defun sh-cd-here ()

diff --git a/lisp/textmodes/dns-mode.el b/lisp/textmodes/dns-mode.el
index dc26a3c1b7fccffeebe1bf3ae796483a46526ef0..d4acbe24ebb1edd9e0171edfb886c37348ce8b43 100644 (file)
--- a/lisp/textmodes/dns-mode.el
+++ b/lisp/textmodes/dns-mode.el
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ manually with \\[dns-mode-soa-increment-serial]."
 ;;;###autoload
 (define-derived-mode dns-mode text-mode "DNS"
   "Major mode for viewing and editing DNS master files.
-This mode is inherited from text mode.  It add syntax
+This mode is derived from text mode.  It adds syntax
 highlighting, and some commands for handling DNS master files.
 Its keymap inherits from `text-mode' and it has the same
 variables for customizing indentation.  It has its own abbrev