Various corrections suggested by Clytie Siddall (and one by Jens Seidel)

5 files changed, 15 insertions, 15 deletions

diff --git a/en/hardware/installation-media.xml b/en/hardware/installation-media.xml
index 2aca9ef9e..cade1842f 100644
--- a/en/hardware/installation-media.xml
+++ b/en/hardware/installation-media.xml
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ On RiscPCs, SCSI CD-ROMs are also supported.
 
 On SGI machines, booting from CD-ROM requires a SCSI CD-ROM drive
 capable of working with a logical blocksize of 512 bytes. Many of the
-SCSI CD-DROM drives sold for the PC market do not have this
+SCSI CD-ROM drives sold on the PC market do not have this
 capability. If your CD-ROM drive has a jumper labeled
 <quote>Unix/PC</quote> or <quote>512/2048</quote>, place it in the
 <quote>Unix</quote> or <quote>512</quote> position.
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ IDE, SATA or SCSI card.
 
 On DECstations, booting from CD-ROM requires a SCSI CD-ROM drive
 capable of working with a logical blocksize of 512 bytes. Many of the
-SCSI CD-DROM drives sold for the PC market do not have this capability.
+SCSI CD-ROM drives sold on the PC market do not have this capability.
 If your CD-ROM drive has a jumper labeled <quote>Unix/PC</quote> or
 <quote>512/2048</quote>, place it in the <quote>Unix</quote> or
 <quote>512</quote> position.
@@ -218,15 +218,15 @@ installed on the widest array of hardware.
 
 Generally, the Debian installation system includes support for floppies,
 IDE drives, IDE floppies, parallel port IDE devices, SCSI controllers and
-drives, USB, and FireWire.  The file systems supported include FAT,
-Win-32 FAT extensions (VFAT), and NTFS, among others.
+drives, USB, and FireWire.  The supported file systems include FAT,
+Win-32 FAT extensions (VFAT) and NTFS.
 
 </para><para arch="i386">
 
-The disk interfaces that emulate the <quote>AT</quote> hard disk interface
-which are often called MFM, RLL, IDE, or ATA are supported.  Very old 8 bit
-hard disk controllers used in the IBM XT computer are supported only
-as a module. SCSI disk controllers from many different manufacturers
+Disk interfaces that emulate the <quote>AT</quote> hard disk interface
+&mdash; often called MFM, RLL, IDE, or ATA &mdash; are supported.  Very old
+8&ndash;bit hard disk controllers used in the IBM XT computer are supported
+only as a module. SCSI disk controllers from many different manufacturers
 are supported. See the
 <ulink url="&url-hardware-howto;">Linux Hardware Compatibility HOWTO</ulink>
 for more details.
diff --git a/en/hardware/network-cards.xml b/en/hardware/network-cards.xml
index 681c98358..69b7ed1aa 100644
--- a/en/hardware/network-cards.xml
+++ b/en/hardware/network-cards.xml
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ do not work.
 
 </para><para arch="s390">
 
-Any network interface card (NIC) supported by the Linux kernel are
+Any network interface card (NIC) supported by the Linux kernel is
 also be supported by the boot disks.  All network drivers are compiled
 as modules so you need to load one first during the initial network
 setup. The list of supported network devices is:
diff --git a/en/hardware/supported-peripherals.xml b/en/hardware/supported-peripherals.xml
index 169f22266..f2ca41329 100644
--- a/en/hardware/supported-peripherals.xml
+++ b/en/hardware/supported-peripherals.xml
@@ -145,8 +145,8 @@ their hardware.
 
 </para><para>
 
-You can help this situation by encouraging these manufacturers to
-release the documentation and other resources necessary for us to
+You can help improve this situation by encouraging these manufacturers
+to release the documentation and other resources necessary for us to
 program their hardware, but the best strategy is simply to avoid this
 sort of hardware until it is listed as working in the
 <ulink url="&url-hardware-howto;">Linux Hardware Compatibility HOWTO</ulink>.
diff --git a/en/hardware/supported/m68k.xml b/en/hardware/supported/m68k.xml
index 92c8030d3..6f33d20e3 100644
--- a/en/hardware/supported/m68k.xml
+++ b/en/hardware/supported/m68k.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ and excludes the <quote>EC</quote> line of 680x0 processors.  See the
 
 </para><para>
 
-There are four major flavors of supported
+There are four major supported
 <emphasis>&architecture;</emphasis> flavors: Amiga, Atari, Macintosh
 and VME machines.  Amiga and Atari were the first two systems to which
 Linux was ported; in keeping, they are also the two most
diff --git a/en/hardware/supported/mipsel.xml b/en/hardware/supported/mipsel.xml
index 83f2ca425..99888bde5 100644
--- a/en/hardware/supported/mipsel.xml
+++ b/en/hardware/supported/mipsel.xml
@@ -121,13 +121,13 @@ which are supported in SMP mode.
    <sect3><title>Supported console options</title>
 <para>
 
-Serial console is available on all supported DECstations (9600 bps,
-8N1). For using serial console, you have to boot the installer image
+A serial console is available on all supported DECstations (9600 bps,
+8N1). To use the serial console, you have to boot the installer image
 with the <literal>console=ttyS</literal><replaceable>x</replaceable> kernel
 parameter (with <replaceable>x</replaceable> being the number
 of the serial port you have your terminal connected to &mdash; usually
 <literal>2</literal>, but <literal>0</literal> for the Personal DECstations).
-On 3MIN and 3MAX+ (DECstation 5000/1xx, 5000/240 and 5000/260) local console
+On 3MIN and 3MAX+ (DECstation 5000/1xx, 5000/240 and 5000/260) a local console
 is available with the PMAG-BA and the PMAGB-B graphics options.
 
 </para><para>