From 36cb08fbf0b27b76bc319409f712d0944b4b5354 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: David Bryant <davidbryant@gvtc.com>
Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2022 15:49:41 -0500
Subject: Tweaked English idiom and edited for style.

---
 chapter07/creatingdirs.xml | 22 +++++++++++-----------
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

(limited to 'chapter07/creatingdirs.xml')

diff --git a/chapter07/creatingdirs.xml b/chapter07/creatingdirs.xml
index bc6162e61..35a0a9003 100644
--- a/chapter07/creatingdirs.xml
+++ b/chapter07/creatingdirs.xml
@@ -10,10 +10,10 @@
 
   <title>Creating Directories</title>
 
-  <para>It is time to create the full structure in the LFS file system.</para>
+  <para>It is time to create the full directory structure in the LFS file system.</para>
 
-  <note><para>Some of the directories mentioned in this section may be
-  already created earlier with explicit instructions or when installing some
+  <note><para>Some of the directories mentioned in this section may have
+  already been created earlier with explicit instructions, or when installing some
   packages.  They are repeated below for completeness.</para></note>
 
   <para>Create some root-level directories that are not in the limited set
@@ -42,14 +42,14 @@ install -dv -m 0750 /root
 install -dv -m 1777 /tmp /var/tmp</userinput></screen>
 
   <para>Directories are, by default, created with permission mode 755, but
-  this is not desirable for all directories. In the commands above, two
+  this is not desirable everywhere. In the commands above, two
   changes are made&mdash;one to the home directory of user <systemitem
   class="username">root</systemitem>, and another to the directories for
   temporary files.</para>
 
   <para>The first mode change ensures that not just anybody can enter
-  the <filename class="directory">/root</filename> directory&mdash;the
-  same as a normal user would do with his or her home directory. The
+  the <filename class="directory">/root</filename> directory&mdash;just
+  like a normal user would do with his or her own home directory. The
   second mode change makes sure that any user can write to the
   <filename class="directory">/tmp</filename> and <filename
   class="directory">/var/tmp</filename> directories, but cannot remove
@@ -59,14 +59,14 @@ install -dv -m 1777 /tmp /var/tmp</userinput></screen>
   <sect2>
     <title>FHS Compliance Note</title>
 
-    <para>The directory tree is based on the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard
+    <para>This directory tree is based on the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard
     (FHS) (available at <ulink
     url="https://refspecs.linuxfoundation.org/fhs.shtml"/>).  The FHS also specifies
-    the optional existence of some directories such as <filename
+    the optional existence of additional directories such as <filename
     class="directory">/usr/local/games</filename> and <filename
-    class="directory">/usr/share/games</filename>.  We create only the
-    directories that are needed. However, feel free to create these
-    directories.  </para>
+    class="directory">/usr/share/games</filename>.  In LFS, we create only the
+    directories that are really necessary. However, feel free to create more
+    directories, if you wish.  </para>
 
   </sect2>
 
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