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-rw-r--r--chapter03/introduction.xml4
-rw-r--r--chapter03/mounting.xml4
-rw-r--r--chapter05/bash-exp.xml6
3 files changed, 7 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/chapter03/introduction.xml b/chapter03/introduction.xml
index 077e7f5ed..79f9aee70 100644
--- a/chapter03/introduction.xml
+++ b/chapter03/introduction.xml
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
<title>Introduction</title>
<para>
-In this chapter the partition that is going to host the LFS system is
+In this chapter, the partition that is going to host the LFS system is
going to be prepared. A new partition will be created, a file
-system will be created on it and the directory structure will be
+system will be created on it, and the directory structure will be
created. When this is done, we can move on to the next chapter and start
building a new Linux system from scratch.
</para>
diff --git a/chapter03/mounting.xml b/chapter03/mounting.xml
index 786945bcb..0477bf141 100644
--- a/chapter03/mounting.xml
+++ b/chapter03/mounting.xml
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
<para>
Now that we have created a file system, it is ready for use. All we have
to do to be able to access it (as in reading data from and writing data to
-it) is mounting it. If it is mounted under /mnt/lfs, this partition can
-be accessed by going to the /mnt/lfs directory and then doing whatever
+it) is mount it. If it is mounted under /mnt/lfs, this partition can
+be accessed by going to the /mnt/lfs directory and then doing whatever
needed to do. This book will assume that the partition was mounted
under /mnt/lfs. It doesn't matter which directory is chosen, the
user just has to make sure that he remembers what he chose.
diff --git a/chapter05/bash-exp.xml b/chapter05/bash-exp.xml
index ce6069d86..367d139da 100644
--- a/chapter05/bash-exp.xml
+++ b/chapter05/bash-exp.xml
@@ -44,11 +44,11 @@ possible) as the original Bourne shell.
<para>
The <userinput>&amp;&amp;</userinput>'s at the end of every line cause
-the next command only to be executed when the previous command exists
+the next command to be executed only if the previous command exists
with a return value of 0 indicating success. In case all of these
commands are copy&amp;pasted
-on the shell is is important to be ensured that if
-./configure fails, make isn't being executed and likewise if make fails
+on the shell, is is important to be ensured that if
+./configure fails, make isn't being executed and, likewise, if make fails,
that make install isn't being executed, and so forth.
</para>