; Spelling, punctuation and minor wording fixes

7 files changed, 23 insertions, 22 deletions

diff --git a/ChangeLog.3 b/ChangeLog.3
index 835ee08ba0a..1c2f5b1d2fa 100644
--- a/ChangeLog.3
+++ b/ChangeLog.3
@@ -5090,7 +5090,7 @@
 	(image-dired-cmd-rotate-thumbnail-program)
 	(image-dired-cmd-write-exif-data-program)
 	(image-dired-cmd-read-exif-data-program):
-	Use executable-find to set the defaut value of this option.
+	Use executable-find to set the default value of this option.
 	(image-dired-cmd-rotate-original-program): Idem.
 	Search for program 'convert' if 'jpegtran' is not available.
 	(image-dired-cmd-rotate-original-options):
diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index a54c655c36d..0ceb878a8e7 100644
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -340,9 +340,10 @@ the file's actual content before prompting the user.
 
 ** Title case characters are properly converted to upper case.
 'upcase', 'upcase-region' et al. convert title case characters (such
-as Dz) into their upper case form (such as DZ).  As a downside,
-'capitalize' and 'upcase-initials' produce awkward words where first
-two letters are upper case, e.g. DŽungla (instead of Džungla).
+as the single character "Dz") into their upper case form (such as "DZ").
+As a downside, 'capitalize' and 'upcase-initials' produce awkward
+words where first character is upper rather than title case, e.g.,
+"DŽungla" instead of "Džungla".
 
 
 * Changes in Specialized Modes and Packages in Emacs 26.1
@@ -375,24 +376,24 @@ method is an NNTP select method.
 
 +++
 *** A new command for sorting articles by readedness marks has been
-added: `C-c C-s C-m C-m'.
+added: 'C-c C-s C-m C-m'.
 
 ** Ibuffer
 
 ---
-*** New filter commands `ibuffer-filter-by-basename',
-`ibuffer-filter-by-file-extension', `ibuffer-filter-by-directory',
-`ibuffer-filter-by-starred-name', `ibuffer-filter-by-modified'
-and `ibuffer-filter-by-visiting-file'; bound respectively
+*** New filter commands 'ibuffer-filter-by-basename',
+'ibuffer-filter-by-file-extension', 'ibuffer-filter-by-directory',
+'ibuffer-filter-by-starred-name', 'ibuffer-filter-by-modified'
+and 'ibuffer-filter-by-visiting-file'; bound respectively
 to '/b', '/.', '//', '/*', '/i' and '/v'.
 
 ---
 *** Two new commands 'ibuffer-filter-chosen-by-completion'
-and `ibuffer-and-filter', the second bound to '/&'.
+and 'ibuffer-and-filter', the second bound to '/&'.
 
 ---
-*** The commands `ibuffer-pop-filter', `ibuffer-pop-filter-group',
-`ibuffer-or-filter' and `ibuffer-filter-disable' have the alternative
+*** The commands 'ibuffer-pop-filter', 'ibuffer-pop-filter-group',
+'ibuffer-or-filter' and 'ibuffer-filter-disable' have the alternative
 bindings '/<up>', '/S-<up>', '/|' and '/DEL', respectively.
 
 ---
@@ -894,9 +895,9 @@ consistency with the new functions.  For compatibility, 'sxhash'
 remains as an alias to 'sxhash-equal'.
 
 +++
-** New function `add-variable-watcher' can be used to call a function
+** New function 'add-variable-watcher' can be used to call a function
 when a symbol's value is changed.  This is used to implement the new
-debugger command `debug-on-variable-change'.
+debugger command 'debug-on-variable-change'.
 
 +++
 ** Time conversion functions that accept a time zone rule argument now
diff --git a/lisp/emacs-lisp/byte-opt.el b/lisp/emacs-lisp/byte-opt.el
index f3cc3d5992e..004f2e28653 100644
--- a/lisp/emacs-lisp/byte-opt.el
+++ b/lisp/emacs-lisp/byte-opt.el
@@ -1421,7 +1421,7 @@
                         when (and (listp el) ;; make sure we're at the correct op
                                   (eq (nth 1 el) 'byte-constant)
                                   (eq (nth 2 el) orig-table))
-                        ;; jump tables are never resused, so we do this exactly
+                        ;; Jump tables are never reused, so do this exactly
                         ;; once.
                         do (setf (nth 2 el) last-constant) and return nil))))
       ;; lap = ( [ (pc . (op . arg)) ]* )
diff --git a/lisp/emacs-lisp/bytecomp.el b/lisp/emacs-lisp/bytecomp.el
index e96ba0b6edd..25513bd0248 100644
--- a/lisp/emacs-lisp/bytecomp.el
+++ b/lisp/emacs-lisp/bytecomp.el
@@ -912,7 +912,7 @@ CONST2 may be evaluated multiple times."
     (dolist (bytes-tail patchlist)
       (setq pc (caar bytes-tail))	; Pick PC from goto's tag.
       ;; Splits PC's value into 2 bytes. The jump address is
-      ;; "reconstructued" by the `FETCH2' macro in `bytecode.c'.
+      ;; "reconstructed" by the `FETCH2' macro in `bytecode.c'.
       (setcar (cdr bytes-tail) (logand pc 255))
       (setcar bytes-tail (lsh pc -8))
       ;; FIXME: Replace this by some workaround.
@@ -4085,7 +4085,7 @@ Return a list of the form ((TEST . VAR)  ((VALUE BODY) ...))"
       ;; varref var
       ;; constant #s(hash-table purecopy t data (val1 (TAG1) val2 (TAG2)))
       ;; switch
-      ;; goto DEFAUT-TAG
+      ;; goto DEFAULT-TAG
       ;; TAG1
       ;; <clause body>
       ;; goto DONETAG
@@ -4103,7 +4103,7 @@ Return a list of the form ((TEST . VAR)  ((VALUE BODY) ...))"
       ;; When the opcode argument is `byte-goto', `byte-compile-goto' sets
       ;; `byte-compile-depth' to `nil'. However, we need `byte-compile-depth'
       ;; to be non-nil for generating tags for all cases. Since
-      ;; `byte-compile-depth' will increase by atmost 1 after compiling
+      ;; `byte-compile-depth' will increase by at most 1 after compiling
       ;; all of the clause (which is further enforced by cl-assert below)
       ;; it should be safe to preserve it's value.
       (let ((byte-compile-depth byte-compile-depth))
diff --git a/lisp/international/characters.el b/lisp/international/characters.el
index b2c0e39741a..9e993e7060a 100644
--- a/lisp/international/characters.el
+++ b/lisp/international/characters.el
@@ -675,10 +675,10 @@ with L, LRE, or LRO Unicode bidi character type.")
      (unicode-property-table-internal 'general-category))
 
     ;; Ⅰ through Ⅻ had word syntax in the past so set it here as well.
-    ;; General category of those characers is Number, Letter.
+    ;; The general category of those characters is Number, Letter.
     (modify-syntax-entry '(#x2160 . #x216b) "w   " syn-tab)
 
-    ;; ⓐ thourgh ⓩ are symbols, other according to Unicode but Emacs set
+    ;; ⓐ through ⓩ are symbols, other according to Unicode but Emacs set
     ;; their syntax to word in the past so keep backwards compatibility.
     (modify-syntax-entry '(#x24D0 . #x24E9) "w   " syn-tab))
 
diff --git a/src/ChangeLog.11 b/src/ChangeLog.11
index c9ebce99265..365fc277a9a 100644
--- a/src/ChangeLog.11
+++ b/src/ChangeLog.11
@@ -10673,7 +10673,7 @@
 	Try font from Ffont_get_system_font.
 	Do not get font from x_default_parameter if we got one from
 	Ffont_get_system_font.
-	(Fx_select_font): Get the defaut font name from :name of FRAME_FONT(f).
+	(Fx_select_font): Get the default font name from :name of FRAME_FONT(f).
 
 	* w32font.c (w32font_driver): Initialize all members.
 
diff --git a/src/lisp.h b/src/lisp.h
index f1e2685702d..080bcf74ce6 100644
--- a/src/lisp.h
+++ b/src/lisp.h
@@ -4615,7 +4615,7 @@ struct for_each_tail_internal
    This macro uses maybe_quit because of an excess of caution.  The
    call to maybe_quit should not be needed in practice, as a very long
    list, whether circular or not, will cause Emacs to be so slow in
-   other noninterruptible areas (e.g., garbage collection) that there
+   other uninterruptible areas (e.g., garbage collection) that there
    is little point to calling maybe_quit here.  */
 
 #define FOR_EACH_TAIL_INTERNAL(tail, cycle, check_quit)			\