Miscellaneous fixes from the list. Thanks Bruce.

git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@2921 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689

4 files changed, 9 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/chapter03/creatingfs.xml b/chapter03/creatingfs.xml
index ecfab9206..541869158 100644
--- a/chapter03/creatingfs.xml
+++ b/chapter03/creatingfs.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <title>Creating a file system on the new partition</title>
 <?dbhtml filename="creatingfs.html" dir="chapter03"?>
 
-<para>Now the partition has been made, we can create a file system on it.
+<para>Now that we have a blank partition, we can create a file system on it.
 Most widely used in the Linux world is the second extended file system (ext2),
 but with the high-capacity hard disks of today the so-called journaling file
 systems are becoming increasingly popular. Here we will create an ext2 file
diff --git a/chapter05/introduction.xml b/chapter05/introduction.xml
index c8e04a1d7..faf94c045 100644
--- a/chapter05/introduction.xml
+++ b/chapter05/introduction.xml
@@ -12,13 +12,13 @@ linker and libraries), and then use this to build all the other essential
 tools.</para>
 
 <para>The files compiled in this chapter will be installed under the
-<filename class="directory">$LFS/tools</filename> directory,
+<filename class="directory">$LFS/tools</filename> directory
 to keep them separate from the files installed in the next chapter.
 Since the packages compiled here are merely temporary, we don't want
 them to pollute the soon-to-be LFS system.</para>
 
 <para>The key to learning what makes a Linux system work is to know
-what each package is used for, why the user or the system needs it.
+what each package is used for and why the user or the system needs it.
 For this purpose a short summary of the content of each package is given
 before the actual installation instructions. For a short description of
 each program in a package, please refer to the corresponding section in
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ each program in a package, please refer to the corresponding section in
 
 <para>Several of the packages are patched before compilation, but only when
 the patch is needed to circumvent a problem. Often the patch is needed in
-both this and the next chapter, but sometimes in only one of them. So, don't
-worry when instructions for a downloaded patch seem to be missing.</para>
+both this and the next chapter, but sometimes in only one of them. Therefore,
+don't worry when instructions for a downloaded patch seem to be missing.</para>
 
 <para>During the installation of most packages you will
 see all kinds of compiler warnings scroll by on your screen. These are
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ syntax. It's just that C standards have changed rather often and some
 packages still use the older standard, which is not really a problem.</para>
 
 <para>Before continuing, make sure the LFS environment variable is set up
-properly (if you decided to make use of it) by executing the following:</para>
+properly by executing the following:</para>
 
 <para><screen><userinput>echo $LFS</userinput></screen></para>
 
diff --git a/chapter06/chroot.xml b/chapter06/chroot.xml
index 71df04e4c..4a1fb5d1c 100644
--- a/chapter06/chroot.xml
+++ b/chapter06/chroot.xml
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ the packages we need. Before you can chroot, however, you need to become
 can execute the <userinput>chroot</userinput> command.</para>
 
 <para>Just like earlier, ensure the LFS environment variable is set up properly
-(if you decided to make use of it) by running <userinput>echo $LFS</userinput>
-and ensuring it shows the path to your LFS partition's mount point, which is
+by running <userinput>echo $LFS</userinput> and ensuring it shows the path to
+your LFS partition's mount point, which is
 <filename class="directory">/mnt/lfs</filename> if you followed our
 example.</para>
 
diff --git a/chapter06/gzip-inst.xml b/chapter06/gzip-inst.xml
index f03414c60..0bcfbff3b 100644
--- a/chapter06/gzip-inst.xml
+++ b/chapter06/gzip-inst.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 <para><screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr</userinput></screen></para>
 
-<para>The gzexe program has the location of the gzip binary hardcoded into
+<para>The gzexe program has the location of the gzip binary hard-wired into
 it.  Because we later change the location of this binary, the following
 command will place the new location into the gzexe binary.</para>