Minor typo fixes and rewordings (merged from r6404 and 6410)

git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/branches/6.1/BOOK@6411 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689

9 files changed, 20 insertions, 17 deletions

diff --git a/chapter01/askforhelp.xml b/chapter01/askforhelp.xml
index 26bb3b30b..ce5992cb4 100644
--- a/chapter01/askforhelp.xml
+++ b/chapter01/askforhelp.xml
@@ -44,20 +44,20 @@ problem.</para></note>
 </sect2>
 
 <sect2>
-<title>Configure Problems</title>
+<title>Configure Script Problems</title>
 
-<para>If something goes wrong during the stage where the configure
-script is run, review the <filename>config.log</filename> file. This
-file may contain errors encountered during configure which were not
-printed to the screen. Include those relevant lines if you need to ask
-for help.</para>
+<para>If something goes wrong while running the <command>configure</command>
+script is run, review the <filename>config.log</filename> file. This file may
+contain errors encountered during <command>configure</command> which were not
+printed to the screen.  Include those <emphasis>relevant</emphasis> lines if you
+need to ask for help.</para>
 </sect2>
 
 <sect2>
-<title>Compile Problems</title>
+<title>Compilation Problems</title>
 
 <para>Both the screen output and the contents of various files are
-useful in determining the cause of compile issues. The screen output
+useful in determining the cause of compilation problems. The screen output
 from the <command>./configure</command> script and the 
 <command>make</command> run can be helpful. It
 is not necessary to include the entire output, but do include enough
diff --git a/chapter01/changelog.xml b/chapter01/changelog.xml
index 511d3faac..779a4e8c8 100644
--- a/chapter01/changelog.xml
+++ b/chapter01/changelog.xml
@@ -87,6 +87,9 @@ First a summary, then a detailed log.</para>
 </itemizedlist>
 </listitem>
 
+<listitem><para>July  6th, 2005 [matt]: Several typo corrections, as suggested
+by Bernard Leak.</para></listitem>
+
 <listitem><para>July  5th, 2005 [archaic]: Removed reference to the wiki.
 Pointed to the FAQ.</para></listitem>
 
diff --git a/chapter03/introduction.xml b/chapter03/introduction.xml
index 3ffbad0b6..32e7469fe 100644
--- a/chapter03/introduction.xml
+++ b/chapter03/introduction.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ and stabilized in the development version of the book.</para>
 location has changed since this book was published, Google (<ulink
 url="http://www.google.com/"/>) provides a useful search engine for
 most packages. If this search is unsuccessful, try one of the
-alternate means of downloading discussed at <ulink
+alternative means of downloading discussed at <ulink
 url="&lfs-root;lfs/packages.html"><phrase condition ="pdf">&lfs-root;
 lfs/packages.html</phrase></ulink>.</para>
 
diff --git a/chapter03/packages.xml b/chapter03/packages.xml
index 7cf5a4ab6..8c0396bd9 100644
--- a/chapter03/packages.xml
+++ b/chapter03/packages.xml
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@
 <note><para>File (&file-version;) may no longer be available at the
 listed location. The site administrators of the master download
 location occasionally remove older versions when new ones are
-released. An alternate download location that may have the correct
+released. An alternative download location that may have the correct
 version available is <ulink
 url="ftp://ftp.linuxfromscratch.org/pub/lfs/"/>.</para></note>
 </listitem>
@@ -345,8 +345,8 @@ url="ftp://ftp.linuxfromscratch.org/pub/lfs/"/>.</para></note>
 <para><ulink url="ftp://ftp.pld.org.pl/software/shadow/"/></para>
 <note><para>Shadow (&shadow-version;) may no longer be available at the listed
 location. The site administrators of the master download location occasionally
-remove older versions when new ones are released. An alternate download location
-that may have the correct version available is <ulink
+remove older versions when new ones are released. An alternative download
+location that may have the correct version available is <ulink
 url="ftp://ftp.linuxfromscratch.org/pub/lfs/"/>.</para></note>
 </listitem>
 </varlistentry>
diff --git a/chapter06/udev.xml b/chapter06/udev.xml
index 0ff97228b..ef3e09e9a 100644
--- a/chapter06/udev.xml
+++ b/chapter06/udev.xml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ the configuration files here:</para>
 
 <!-- Edit Me -->
 <para>Run the <command>udevstart</command> program to create our full
-compliment of device nodes.</para>
+complement of device nodes.</para>
 
 <screen><userinput>/sbin/udevstart</userinput></screen>
 
diff --git a/chapter07/introduction.xml b/chapter07/introduction.xml
index 2c3ca8c4c..3130e922c 100644
--- a/chapter07/introduction.xml
+++ b/chapter07/introduction.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ downloads/files/bsd-init.txt</phrase></ulink>.
 Searching the LFS mailing lists for <quote>depinit</quote> will also offer
 additional choices.</para>
 
-<para>If using an alternate style of init scripts, skip this chapter
+<para>If using an alternative style of init scripts, skip this chapter
 and move on to <xref linkend="chapter-bootable"/>.</para>
 
 </sect1>
diff --git a/prologue/audience.xml b/prologue/audience.xml
index 3f69b4440..3f19342fa 100644
--- a/prologue/audience.xml
+++ b/prologue/audience.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 <?dbhtml filename="audience.html"?>
 
 <para>There are many reasons why somebody would want to read this
-book. The principle reason is to install a Linux system
+book. The principal reason is to install a Linux system
 from the source code. A question many people raise is, <quote>why go
 through all the hassle of manually building a Linux system from
 scratch when you can just download and install an existing
diff --git a/prologue/foreword.xml b/prologue/foreword.xml
index 7070a4f43..7e2b91093 100644
--- a/prologue/foreword.xml
+++ b/prologue/foreword.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 <?dbhtml filename="foreword.html"?>
 
 <para>My adventures in Linux began in 1998 when I downloaded and
-installed my first distribution. After working with it for awhile, I
+installed my first distribution. After working with it for a while, I
 discovered issues I definitely would have liked to see improved upon.
 For example, I didn't like the arrangement of the bootscripts or the way
 programs were configured by default. I tried a number of alternative
diff --git a/prologue/typography.xml b/prologue/typography.xml
index 6f75e08b0..5b3154bb0 100644
--- a/prologue/typography.xml
+++ b/prologue/typography.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ referenced.</para>
 
 <screen><computeroutput>install-info: unknown option '--dir-file=/mnt/lfs/usr/info/dir'</computeroutput></screen>
 
-<para>This form of text (fixed width text) shows screen output,
+<para>This form of text (fixed-width text) shows screen output,
 probably as the result of commands issued.  This format is also used
 to show filenames, such as
 <filename>/etc/ld.so.conf</filename>.</para>