Doc fixes for grammar and typos (bug#23746)

* doc/emacs/files.texi (Customize Save):
* doc/emacs/frames.texi (Window Dividers):
* doc/emacs/misc.texi (Printing):
* doc/lispref/compile.texi (Compiler Errors):
* doc/lispref/keymaps.texi (Changing Key Bindings):
* doc/lispref/loading.texi (Named Features):
* doc/lispref/markers.texi (Marker Insertion Types):
* doc/lispref/modes.texi (Mode Hooks):
* doc/lispref/text.texi (Undo):
* src/floatfns.c (Fldexp):
* src/xfaces.c (syms_of_xfaces):
Minor doc fixes for grammar and typos (bug#23746).

9 files changed, 16 insertions, 16 deletions

diff --git a/doc/emacs/files.texi b/doc/emacs/files.texi
index 3bbb3cddb38..fc46ef7879a 100644
--- a/doc/emacs/files.texi
+++ b/doc/emacs/files.texi
@@ -701,7 +701,7 @@ after it visits the file.  (This marks the buffer as modified, and you
 can undo it.)  If the value is @code{visit-save}, Emacs adds such
 newlines both on visiting and on saving.  If the value is @code{nil},
 Emacs leaves the end of the file unchanged; any other non-@code{nil}
-value means to asks you whether to add a newline.  The default is
+value means Emacs asks you whether to add a newline.  The default is
 @code{nil}.
 
 @vindex mode-require-final-newline
diff --git a/doc/emacs/frames.texi b/doc/emacs/frames.texi
index a7e709f9221..7e6006262ce 100644
--- a/doc/emacs/frames.texi
+++ b/doc/emacs/frames.texi
@@ -1011,7 +1011,7 @@ scroll bar height, change the @code{scroll-bar-height} frame parameter
 
   On graphical displays, you can use @dfn{window dividers} in order to
 separate windows visually.  Window dividers are bars that can be dragged
-with the mouse, thus allowing to easily resize adjacent windows.
+with the mouse, thus allowing you to easily resize adjacent windows.
 
 @findex window-divider-mode
   To toggle the display of window dividers, use the command @kbd{M-x
diff --git a/doc/emacs/misc.texi b/doc/emacs/misc.texi
index 497a4abd71b..853b9784920 100644
--- a/doc/emacs/misc.texi
+++ b/doc/emacs/misc.texi
@@ -1885,7 +1885,7 @@ Like @code{lpr-buffer} but print only the current region.
 @findex lpr-region
 @vindex lpr-switches
 @vindex lpr-commands
-  On most operating system, the above hardcopy commands submit files
+  On most operating systems, the above hardcopy commands submit files
 for printing by calling the @command{lpr} program.  To change the
 printer program, customize the variable @code{lpr-command}.  To
 specify extra switches to give the printer program, customize the list
diff --git a/doc/lispref/compile.texi b/doc/lispref/compile.texi
index c943a6a29c1..f6cd0229c4d 100644
--- a/doc/lispref/compile.texi
+++ b/doc/lispref/compile.texi
@@ -438,7 +438,7 @@ Emacs commands for operating on compiler output can be used on these
 messages.
 
   When an error is due to invalid syntax in the program, the byte
-compiler might get confused about the errors' exact location.  One way
+compiler might get confused about the error's exact location.  One way
 to investigate is to switch to the buffer @w{@file{ *Compiler
 Input*}}.  (This buffer name starts with a space, so it does not show
 up in the Buffer Menu.)  This buffer contains the program being
diff --git a/doc/lispref/keymaps.texi b/doc/lispref/keymaps.texi
index 61ac80c589c..f5d3811faed 100644
--- a/doc/lispref/keymaps.texi
+++ b/doc/lispref/keymaps.texi
@@ -1368,7 +1368,7 @@ default global map.
   The function @code{substitute-key-definition} scans a keymap for
 keys that have a certain binding and rebinds them with a different
 binding.  Another feature which is cleaner and can often produce the
-same results to remap one command into another (@pxref{Remapping
+same results is to remap one command into another (@pxref{Remapping
 Commands}).
 
 @defun substitute-key-definition olddef newdef keymap &optional oldmap
diff --git a/doc/lispref/loading.texi b/doc/lispref/loading.texi
index d2d38d7fb5e..81a1922d71c 100644
--- a/doc/lispref/loading.texi
+++ b/doc/lispref/loading.texi
@@ -848,8 +848,8 @@ loaded, into the current Emacs session.  This means that the facilities
 associated with @var{feature} are or will be available for other Lisp
 programs.
 
-The direct effect of calling @code{provide} is if not already in
-@var{features} then to add @var{feature} to the front of that list and
+The direct effect of calling @code{provide} is to add @var{feature} to
+the front of @code{features} if it is not already in that list and
 call any @code{eval-after-load} code waiting for it (@pxref{Hooks for
 Loading}).  The argument @var{feature} must be a symbol.
 @code{provide} returns @var{feature}.
diff --git a/doc/lispref/markers.texi b/doc/lispref/markers.texi
index 1c904666cb4..1b4d74fb257 100644
--- a/doc/lispref/markers.texi
+++ b/doc/lispref/markers.texi
@@ -340,10 +340,10 @@ text is inserted at its position.  If @var{type} is @code{nil},
 This function reports the current insertion type of @var{marker}.
 @end defun
 
-Most functions that create markers, without an argument allowing to
-specify the insertion type, create them with insertion type
-@code{nil}.  Also, the mark has, by default, insertion type
-@code{nil}.
+All functions that create markers without accepting an argument that
+specifies the insertion type, create them with insertion type
+@code{nil} (@pxref{Creating Markers}).  Also, the mark has, by
+default, insertion type @code{nil}.
 
 @node Moving Markers
 @section Moving Marker Positions
diff --git a/doc/lispref/modes.texi b/doc/lispref/modes.texi
index ae79128f84d..4c96e63bd7b 100644
--- a/doc/lispref/modes.texi
+++ b/doc/lispref/modes.texi
@@ -899,7 +899,7 @@ follow these conventions: they may run the parent's mode hook too early,
 or fail to run @code{after-change-major-mode-hook}.  If you encounter
 such a major mode, please correct it to follow these conventions.
 
-  When you defined a major mode using @code{define-derived-mode}, it
+  When you define a major mode using @code{define-derived-mode}, it
 automatically makes sure these conventions are followed.  If you
 define a major mode ``by hand'', not using @code{define-derived-mode},
 use the following functions to handle these conventions automatically.
@@ -1048,7 +1048,7 @@ to invert the sort order.
 @defun tabulated-list-init-header
 This function computes and sets @code{header-line-format} for the
 Tabulated List buffer (@pxref{Header Lines}), and assigns a keymap to
-the header line to allow sort entries by clicking on column headers.
+the header line to allow sorting entries by clicking on column headers.
 
 Modes derived from Tabulated List mode should call this after setting
 the above variables (in particular, only after setting
diff --git a/doc/lispref/text.texi b/doc/lispref/text.texi
index 96f109b7561..7791c261e3b 100644
--- a/doc/lispref/text.texi
+++ b/doc/lispref/text.texi
@@ -1376,10 +1376,10 @@ before executing each key sequence, so that each undo normally undoes
 the effects of one command.  A few exceptional commands are
 @dfn{amalgamating}: these commands generally cause small changes to
 buffers, so with these a boundary is inserted only every 20th command,
-allowing to undo them as a group.  By default, commands
+allowing the changes to be undone as a group.  By default, the commands
 @code{self-insert-command}, which produces self-inserting input
-characters (@pxref{Commands for Insertion}), and @code{delete-char}
-which deletes characters (@pxref{Deletion}) are amalgamating.
+characters (@pxref{Commands for Insertion}), and @code{delete-char},
+which deletes characters (@pxref{Deletion}), are amalgamating.
 Where a command affects the contents of several buffers, as may happen,
 for example, when a function on the @code{post-command-hook} affects a
 buffer other than the @code{current-buffer}, then @code{undo-boundary}