; Fix some typos in doc strings and manuals

doc/lispref/macros.texi

@@ -486,7 +486,7 @@ variable with the same name as one of the macro arguments.  Inside the
 macro body, the macro argument binding is the most local binding of this
 variable, so any references inside the form being evaluated do refer to
 it.  Here is an example:
-
+@c FIXME with lexical-binding t this example no longer applies
 @example
 @group
 (defmacro foo (a)

doc/lispref/nonascii.texi

@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ character, and returns that character.  If @var{char} is neither
 @end defun
 
 @defun unibyte-char-to-multibyte char
-This convert the unibyte character @var{char} to a multibyte
+This converts the unibyte character @var{char} to a multibyte
 character, assuming @var{char} is either @acronym{ASCII} or raw 8-bit
 byte.
 @end defun
@@ -676,7 +676,7 @@ This function returns the value of @var{char}'s @var{propname} property.
 @end group
 @group
 (get-char-code-property ?\( 'paired-bracket)
-     @result{} 41  ;; closing parenthesis
+     @result{} 41  ; closing parenthesis
 @end group
 @group
 (get-char-code-property ?\) 'bracket-type)
@@ -955,13 +955,13 @@ translating the result.
 
 @defvar standard-translation-table-for-decode
 This is the default translation table for decoding.  If a coding
-systems specifies its own translation tables, the table that is the
+system specifies its own translation tables, the table that is the
 value of this variable, if non-@code{nil}, is applied after them.
 @end defvar
 
 @defvar standard-translation-table-for-encode
 This is the default translation table for encoding.  If a coding
-systems specifies its own translation tables, the table that is the
+system specifies its own translation tables, the table that is the
 value of this variable, if non-@code{nil}, is applied after them.
 @end defvar
 
@@ -1258,7 +1258,7 @@ name or @code{nil}.
 @defun check-coding-system coding-system
 This function checks the validity of @var{coding-system}.  If that is
 valid, it returns @var{coding-system}.  If @var{coding-system} is
-@code{nil}, the function return @code{nil}.  For any other values, it
+@code{nil}, the function returns @code{nil}.  For any other values, it
 signals an error whose @code{error-symbol} is @code{coding-system-error}
 (@pxref{Signaling Errors, signal}).
 @end defun

doc/misc/gnus.texi

@@ -17966,7 +17966,7 @@ This creates a group including all flagged messages from all groups on
 two IMAP servers, "home" and "work".
 
 And one last example.  Here is a function that runs a search query to
-find all message that have been received recently from certain groups:
+find all messages that have been received recently from certain groups:
 
 @lisp
 (defun my-recent-email (args)

etc/NEWS

@@ -1684,7 +1684,7 @@ to the 'project-root' of the current project, when available.
 *** The TAB key binding in *xref* buffers is obsolete.
 Use 'C-u RET' instead.  The TAB binding in *xref* buffers is still
 supported, but we plan on removing it in a future version; at that
-time, the command 'xref-quit-and-got-xref' will no longer have a key
+time, the command 'xref-quit-and-goto-xref' will no longer have a key
 binding in 'xref--xref-buffer-mode-map'.
 
 ** json.el

lisp/emacs-lisp/cl-generic.el

@@ -438,7 +438,7 @@ Presumes point is at the end of the `cl-defmethod' symbol."
 ;;;###autoload
 (defmacro cl-defmethod (name args &rest body)
   "Define a new method for generic function NAME.
-This it defines an implementation of NAME to use for invocations
+This defines an implementation of NAME to use for invocations
 of specific types of arguments.
 
 ARGS is a list of dispatch arguments (see `cl-defun'), but where

lisp/emacs-lisp/eldoc.el

@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ If this variable is set to 0, no idle time is required."
   :type 'number)
 
 (defcustom eldoc-print-after-edit nil
-  "If non-nil eldoc info is only shown when editing.
+  "If non-nil, eldoc info is only shown when editing.
 Changing the value requires toggling `eldoc-mode'."
   :type 'boolean)
 
@@ -391,12 +391,12 @@ name, inside its arg list, or on any object with some associated
 information.
 
 Each hook function is called with at least one argument CALLBACK,
-a function, and decides whether to display a doc short string
+a function, and decides whether to display a short doc string
 about the context around point.
 
 - If that decision can be taken quickly, the hook function may
-  call CALLBACK immediately following the protocol described
+  call CALLBACK immediately, following the protocol described
-  below.  Alternatively it may ignore CALLBACK entirely and
+  below.  Alternatively, it may ignore CALLBACK entirely and
   return either the doc string, or nil if there's no doc
   appropriate for the context.
 
@@ -688,11 +688,11 @@ following values are allowed:
 - `eldoc-documentation-compose': calls all functions in the
   special hook and displays all of the resulting doc strings
   together.  Wait for all strings to be ready, and preserve their
-  relative as specified by the order of functions in the hook;
+  relative order as specified by the order of functions in the hook;
 
 - `eldoc-documentation-compose-eagerly': calls all functions in
-  the special hook and display as many of the resulting doc
+  the special hook and displays as many of the resulting doc
-  strings as possible, as soon as possible.  Preserving the
+  strings as possible, as soon as possible.  Preserves the
   relative order of doc strings;
 
 - `eldoc-documentation-enthusiast': calls all functions in the
@@ -793,7 +793,7 @@ function passes responsibility to the functions in
 Other third-party values of `eldoc-documentation-strategy' should
 not use `eldoc--make-callback'.  They must find some alternate
 way to produce callbacks to feed to
-`eldoc-documentation-function' and should endeavour to display
+`eldoc-documentation-functions' and should endeavour to display
 the docstrings eventually produced, using
 `eldoc-display-functions'."
   (let* (;; How many callbacks have been created by the strategy

lisp/emacs-lisp/rx.el

@@ -1210,7 +1210,7 @@ unmatchable     Never match anything at all.
 CHARCLASS       Match a character from a character class.  One of:
  alpha, alphabetic, letter   Alphabetic characters (defined by Unicode).
  alnum, alphanumeric         Alphabetic or decimal digit chars (Unicode).
- digit numeric, num          0-9.
+ digit, numeric, num         0-9.
  xdigit, hex-digit, hex      0-9, A-F, a-f.
  cntrl, control              ASCII codes 0-31.
  blank                       Horizontal whitespace (Unicode).

lisp/gnus/gnus-sum.el

@@ -8089,7 +8089,7 @@ Return nil if there are no unseen articles."
 
 (defun gnus-summary-first-unseen-or-unread-subject ()
   "Place the point on the subject line of the first unseen and unread article.
-If all article have been seen, on the subject line of the first unread
+If all articles have been seen, on the subject line of the first unread
 article."
   (interactive nil gnus-summary-mode)
   (prog1

lisp/progmodes/cc-styles.el

@@ -374,7 +374,7 @@ in this way.
 If DONT-OVERRIDE is t, style variables that already have values (i.e., whose
 values are not the symbol `set-from-style') will not be overridden.  CC Mode
 calls c-set-style internally in this way whilst initializing a buffer; if
-cc-set-style is called like this from anywhere else, it will usually behave as
+c-set-style is called like this from anywhere else, it will usually behave as
 a null operation."
   (interactive
    (list (let ((completion-ignore-case t)

lisp/textmodes/flyspell.el

@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ Detection of repeated words is not implemented in
   "A list of exceptions for duplicated words.
 It should be a list of (LANGUAGE . EXCEPTION-LIST).
 
-LANGUAGE is nil, which means the exceptions apply regardless of
+LANGUAGE can be nil, which means the exceptions apply regardless of
 the current dictionary, or a regular expression matching the
 dictionary name (`ispell-local-dictionary' or
 `ispell-dictionary') for which the exceptions should apply.

src/character.h

@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ INLINE_HEADER_BEGIN
 			F9..FF	   11111yyy
 
    In each bit pattern, 'x' and 'y' each represent a single bit of the
-   character code payload, and least one 'y' must be a 1 bit.
+   character code payload, and at least one 'y' must be a 1 bit.
    In the 5-byte sequence, the 22-bit payload cannot exceed 3FFF7F.
 */