From a7064d5f6ae6ac941df16f377dbbabdbbbc75865 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Eli Barzilay <eli@barzilay.org>
Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2012 16:58:04 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] A bunch of typo fixes from Richard Cleis.

---
 collects/plot/scribblings/compat.scrbl               |  4 ++--
 collects/rackunit/scribblings/compound-testing.scrbl |  3 +--
 .../guide/contracts-general-function.scrbl           |  2 +-
 collects/scribblings/guide/contracts-gotchas.scrbl   |  8 ++++----
 .../guide/contracts-simple-function.scrbl            |  2 +-
 collects/scribblings/guide/dialects.scrbl            |  4 ++--
 collects/scribblings/guide/for.scrbl                 |  2 +-
 collects/scribblings/guide/let.scrbl                 |  2 +-
 collects/scribblings/guide/module-basics.scrbl       |  4 ++--
 collects/scribblings/guide/named-let.scrbl           |  2 +-
 collects/scribblings/guide/pattern-macros.scrbl      | 12 ++++++------
 collects/scribblings/guide/proc-macros.scrbl         |  2 +-
 collects/scribblings/guide/reader-extension.scrbl    |  6 +++---
 collects/scribblings/guide/regexp.scrbl              |  2 +-
 collects/scribblings/guide/syntax-taints.scrbl       |  2 +-
 collects/scribblings/guide/truth.scrbl               |  2 +-
 collects/scribblings/guide/unit.scrbl                |  4 ++--
 collects/scribblings/reference/eval-model.scrbl      |  2 +-
 collects/scribblings/reference/syntax.scrbl          |  2 +-
 19 files changed, 33 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)

diff --git a/collects/plot/scribblings/compat.scrbl b/collects/plot/scribblings/compat.scrbl
index 07cac36fba..295f160751 100644
--- a/collects/plot/scribblings/compat.scrbl
+++ b/collects/plot/scribblings/compat.scrbl
@@ -139,10 +139,10 @@ calculation.}
 @defproc[(gradient [f (real? real? . -> . real?)] [h real? .000001])
          ((vector/c real? real?) . -> . (vector/c real? real?))]{
 
-Creates a vector-valued function that the numeric gradient of
+Creates a vector-valued function that computes the numeric gradient of
 @racket[f].}
 
 @defproc[(make-vec [fx (real? real? . -> . real?)] [fy (real? real? . -> . real?)])
          ((vector/c real? real?) . -> . (vector/c real? real?))]{
 
-Creates a vector-values function from two parts.}
+Creates a vector-valued function from two parts.}
diff --git a/collects/rackunit/scribblings/compound-testing.scrbl b/collects/rackunit/scribblings/compound-testing.scrbl
index 66184543ad..6b9acc8fc6 100644
--- a/collects/rackunit/scribblings/compound-testing.scrbl
+++ b/collects/rackunit/scribblings/compound-testing.scrbl
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ the name @racket["example-suite"]:
 ]
 
 @defform[(define/provide-test-suite name test ...)]{ This
-for is just like @racket[define-test-suite], and in addition
+form is just like @racket[define-test-suite], and in addition
 it @racket[provide]s the test suite.}
 
 @;{
@@ -177,4 +177,3 @@ body expressions.
 As far I know no-one uses this macro, so it might disappear
 in future versions of RackUnit.}
 }
-
diff --git a/collects/scribblings/guide/contracts-general-function.scrbl b/collects/scribblings/guide/contracts-general-function.scrbl
index 6d15afbea1..04677428aa 100644
--- a/collects/scribblings/guide/contracts-general-function.scrbl
+++ b/collects/scribblings/guide/contracts-general-function.scrbl
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ and make them more accessible to potential clients.
 
 Going back to the bank-account example, suppose that we generalize the
 module to support multiple accounts and that we also include a
-withdrawal operation. The improved bank-account module includes a
+withdrawal operation. The improved bank-account module includes an
 @racket[account] structure type and the following functions:
 
 @racketblock[
diff --git a/collects/scribblings/guide/contracts-gotchas.scrbl b/collects/scribblings/guide/contracts-gotchas.scrbl
index 87b8c83de1..e3cd51e7c7 100644
--- a/collects/scribblings/guide/contracts-gotchas.scrbl
+++ b/collects/scribblings/guide/contracts-gotchas.scrbl
@@ -59,14 +59,14 @@ Specifically,
 the @racket[null?] predicate (and many other predicates) return @racket[#f]
 for @racket[#:∃] contracts, and changing one of those contracts to @racket[any/c]
 means that @racket[null?] might now return @racket[#t] instead, resulting in
-arbitrarily different behavior depending on this boolean might flow around
+arbitrarily different behavior depending on how this boolean might flow around
 in the program.
 
 @defmodulelang[racket/exists]
 
 To work around the above problem, the 
-@racketmodname[racket/exists] library behaves just like the @racketmodname[racket],
-but where predicates signal errors when given @racket[#:∃] contracts.
+@racketmodname[racket/exists] library behaves just like @racketmodname[racket],
+but predicates signal errors when given @racket[#:∃] contracts.
 
 Moral: Do not use predicates on @racket[#:∃] contracts, but if you're not sure, use
 @racketmodname[racket/exists] to be safe.
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ streams like this:
 
 Unfortunately, this does not work because the value of
 @racket[stream/c] is needed before it is defined. Put another way, all
-of the combinators evaluate their arguments eagerly, even thought the
+of the combinators evaluate their arguments eagerly, even though the
 values that they accept do not.
 
 Instead, use
diff --git a/collects/scribblings/guide/contracts-simple-function.scrbl b/collects/scribblings/guide/contracts-simple-function.scrbl
index d2ab6ecad9..242388cb4f 100644
--- a/collects/scribblings/guide/contracts-simple-function.scrbl
+++ b/collects/scribblings/guide/contracts-simple-function.scrbl
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ that the function produces a single value. That is,
 
 @racketblock[(-> integer? any)]
 
-describes a function that accepts and integer and returns any number of
+describes a function that accepts an integer and returns any number of
 values, while
 
 @racketblock[(-> integer? any/c)]
diff --git a/collects/scribblings/guide/dialects.scrbl b/collects/scribblings/guide/dialects.scrbl
index e9a8b5db2d..b9fd2b0ce0 100644
--- a/collects/scribblings/guide/dialects.scrbl
+++ b/collects/scribblings/guide/dialects.scrbl
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 #lang scribble/base
-@(require scribble/manual 
+@(require scribble/manual
           "guide-utils.rkt")
 
 @title[#:tag "dialects" #:style 'toc]{Dialects of Racket and Scheme}
 
 We use ``Racket'' to refer to a specific dialect of the Lisp language,
 and one that is based on the Scheme branch of the Lisp family.
-Despite Racket's similarly to Scheme, the @hash-lang[] prefix on
+Despite Racket's similarity to Scheme, the @hash-lang[] prefix on
 modules is a particular feature of Racket, and programs that start
 with @hash-lang[] are unlikely to run in other implementations of
 Scheme. At the same time, programs that do not start with @hash-lang[]
diff --git a/collects/scribblings/guide/for.scrbl b/collects/scribblings/guide/for.scrbl
index 272915f303..58421bedb6 100644
--- a/collects/scribblings/guide/for.scrbl
+++ b/collects/scribblings/guide/for.scrbl
@@ -393,7 +393,7 @@ multiple identifiers, @racket[for] can bind multiple sequence elements
 to multiple iteration identifiers:
 
 @margin-note{While @racket[let] must be changed to @racket[let-values]
-             to bind multiple identifier, @racket[for] simply allows a
+             to bind multiple identifiers, @racket[for] simply allows a
              parenthesized list of identifiers instead of a single
              identifier in any clause.}
 
diff --git a/collects/scribblings/guide/let.scrbl b/collects/scribblings/guide/let.scrbl
index 0ccb82a568..bd41220d34 100644
--- a/collects/scribblings/guide/let.scrbl
+++ b/collects/scribblings/guide/let.scrbl
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ While the @racket[_expr]s of a @racket[letrec] form are typically
 expressions are evaluated in order, and after each value is obtained,
 it is immediately associated with its corresponding @racket[_id]. If
 an @racket[_id] is referenced before its value is ready, the result is
-@|undefined-const|, as just as for internal definitions.
+@|undefined-const|, just as for internal definitions.
 
 @interaction[
 (letrec ([quicksand quicksand])
diff --git a/collects/scribblings/guide/module-basics.scrbl b/collects/scribblings/guide/module-basics.scrbl
index e925b1a1fc..d387dc84cb 100644
--- a/collects/scribblings/guide/module-basics.scrbl
+++ b/collects/scribblings/guide/module-basics.scrbl
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ sense. In that case, you have two options:
        unquoted path, just like libraries that are included with the
        Racket distribution.}
 
- @item{Add the library a new or existing @|PLaneT| package. Libraries
+ @item{Add the library to a new or existing @|PLaneT| package. Libraries
        in a @|PLaneT| package are referenced with a path of the form
        @racket[(planet ....)] path.
        @margin-note*{See @other-doc['(lib "planet/planet.scrbl")]
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ top-level name like @filepath{molly} that identifies the producer.
 Use a collection name like @filepath{bakery} when producing the
 definitive collection of baked-goods libraries.
 
-After your libraries are in a @tech{collection}, then you can still
+After your libraries are put in a @tech{collection} you can still
 use @exec{raco make} to compile the library sources, but it's better
 and more convenient to use @exec{raco setup}. The @exec{raco setup}
 command takes a collection name (as opposed to a file name) and
diff --git a/collects/scribblings/guide/named-let.scrbl b/collects/scribblings/guide/named-let.scrbl
index d5184b6fbd..3cc6ca9ebd 100644
--- a/collects/scribblings/guide/named-let.scrbl
+++ b/collects/scribblings/guide/named-let.scrbl
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ same syntactic keyword @racket[let] as for local binding, but an
 identifier after the @racket[let] (instead of an immediate open
 parenthesis) triggers a different parsing.
 
-@specform[
+@racketblock[
 (let _proc-id ([_arg-id _init-expr] ...)
   _body ...+)
 ]
diff --git a/collects/scribblings/guide/pattern-macros.scrbl b/collects/scribblings/guide/pattern-macros.scrbl
index 67761735df..10be33a49f 100644
--- a/collects/scribblings/guide/pattern-macros.scrbl
+++ b/collects/scribblings/guide/pattern-macros.scrbl
@@ -362,24 +362,24 @@ above, we'll generate
 and redirect a function call @racket[(f x y)] to
 
 @racketblock[
-(do-f (lambda () x) 
+(do-f (lambda () x)
       (lambda () y)
-      (lambda (v) (set! x v)) 
+      (lambda (v) (set! x v))
       (lambda (v) (set! y v)))
 ]
 
 Clearly, then @racket[define-cbr] is a macro-generating macro, which
 binds @racket[f] to a macro that expands to a call of @racket[do-f].
-That is, @racket[(define-cbr (f a b) (swap ab))] needs to generate the
+That is, @racket[(define-cbr (f a b) (swap a b))] needs to generate the
 definition
 
 @racketblock[
 (define-syntax f
   (syntax-rules ()
     [(id actual ...)
-     (do-f (lambda () actual) 
+     (do-f (lambda () actual)
            ...
-           (lambda (v) 
+           (lambda (v)
              (set! actual v))
            ...)]))
 ]
@@ -415,7 +415,7 @@ converts
 
 to the function definition @racket[do-f] above. Most of the work is
 generating a @racket[define-get/put-id] declaration for each argument,
-@racket[a] ad @racket[b], and putting them before the body. Normally,
+@racket[a] and @racket[b], and putting them before the body. Normally,
 that's an easy task for @racket[...] in a pattern and template, but
 this time there's a catch: we need to generate the names
 @racket[get-a] and @racket[put-a!] as well as @racket[get-b] and
diff --git a/collects/scribblings/guide/proc-macros.scrbl b/collects/scribblings/guide/proc-macros.scrbl
index 55d347f093..c3290c0abf 100644
--- a/collects/scribblings/guide/proc-macros.scrbl
+++ b/collects/scribblings/guide/proc-macros.scrbl
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ procedure:
 
 Instead of using @racket[syntax-rules], you can write your own macro
 transformer procedure directly using @racket[lambda]. The argument to
-the procedure is a values that represents the source form, and the
+the procedure is a value that represents the source form, and the
 result of the procedure must be a value that represents the
 replacement form.
 
diff --git a/collects/scribblings/guide/reader-extension.scrbl b/collects/scribblings/guide/reader-extension.scrbl
index ccca18c1b0..a48141bef3 100644
--- a/collects/scribblings/guide/reader-extension.scrbl
+++ b/collects/scribblings/guide/reader-extension.scrbl
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ specifications in terms of a character, a type of mapping for the
 character, and (for certain types of mappings) a parsing
 procedure. For example, to extend the readtable so that @litchar{$}
 can be used to start and end infix expressions, implement a
-@racket[parse-dollar] function and use:
+@racket[read-dollar] function and use:
 
 @racketblock[
 (make-readtable (current-readtable)
@@ -182,9 +182,9 @@ additional arguments that provide the source location of the
 character.
 
 The following @filepath{dollar.rkt} module defines a
-@racket[parse-dollar] function in terms of the @racketidfont{read} and
+@racket[read-dollar] function in terms of the @racketidfont{read} and
 @racketidfont{read-syntax} functions provided by @filepath{arith.rkt},
-and it puts @racket[parse-dollar] together with new @racketidfont{read} and
+and it puts @racket[read-dollar] together with new @racketidfont{read} and
 @racketidfont{read-syntax} functions that install the readtable and
 chain to Racket's @racket[read] or @racket[read-syntax]:
 
diff --git a/collects/scribblings/guide/regexp.scrbl b/collects/scribblings/guide/regexp.scrbl
index de74e303b1..3376883a18 100644
--- a/collects/scribblings/guide/regexp.scrbl
+++ b/collects/scribblings/guide/regexp.scrbl
@@ -557,7 +557,7 @@ refer back to an already matched subpattern in the pattern.
 @litchar{\}@math{n} stands for an exact repeat of the @math{n}th
 submatch. Note that @litchar{\0}, which is useful in an insert string,
 makes no sense within the regexp pattern, because the entire regexp
-has not matched yet that you could refer back to it.}
+has not matched yet so you cannot refer back to it.}
 
 @interaction[
 (regexp-match #px"([a-z]+) and \\1"
diff --git a/collects/scribblings/guide/syntax-taints.scrbl b/collects/scribblings/guide/syntax-taints.scrbl
index 13f473d304..9bcea1ab8e 100644
--- a/collects/scribblings/guide/syntax-taints.scrbl
+++ b/collects/scribblings/guide/syntax-taints.scrbl
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ with a @deftech{dye pack}. When a syntax object is armed, then
 @racket[syntax-e] taints any syntax object in its result. Similarly,
 @racket[datum->syntax] taints its result when its first argument is
 armed. Finally, if any part of a quoted syntax object is armed, then
-the corresponding part is tainted the resulting syntax constant.
+the corresponding part taints the resulting syntax constant.
 
 Of course, the macro expander itself must be able to @deftech{disarm}
 a taint on a syntax object, so that it can further expand an
diff --git a/collects/scribblings/guide/truth.scrbl b/collects/scribblings/guide/truth.scrbl
index 753e560e35..8b2f3fa1f3 100644
--- a/collects/scribblings/guide/truth.scrbl
+++ b/collects/scribblings/guide/truth.scrbl
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ is itself a list, then no quote mark is printed for the inner list:
 ]
 
 For nested lists, especially, the @racket[quote] form lets you write a
-list as an expression in essentially the same way that the list it
+list as an expression in essentially the same way that the list
 prints:
 
 @interaction[
diff --git a/collects/scribblings/guide/unit.scrbl b/collects/scribblings/guide/unit.scrbl
index 7f7ce014da..e4acda5e5a 100644
--- a/collects/scribblings/guide/unit.scrbl
+++ b/collects/scribblings/guide/unit.scrbl
@@ -589,12 +589,12 @@ As a form for modularity, @racket[unit] complements @racket[module]:
        @racketmodname[racket/base]---the one that extracts the first
        element of an instance of the built-in pair datatype---as
        opposed to any number of other functions with the name
-       @racket[car]. In other word, the @racket[module] construct lets
+       @racket[car]. In other words, the @racket[module] construct lets
        you refer to @emph{the} binding that you want.}
 
  @item{The @racket[unit] form is for parameterizing a code fragment
        with respect to most any kind of run-time value. For example,
-       it allows a code fragment for work with a @racket[car]
+       it allows a code fragment to work with a @racket[car]
        function that accepts a single argument, where the specific
        function is determined later by linking the fragment to
        another. In other words, the @racket[unit] construct lets you
diff --git a/collects/scribblings/reference/eval-model.scrbl b/collects/scribblings/reference/eval-model.scrbl
index 368fc63209..57911f0d8b 100644
--- a/collects/scribblings/reference/eval-model.scrbl
+++ b/collects/scribblings/reference/eval-model.scrbl
@@ -502,7 +502,7 @@ both @racket[y] and @racket[x] are @tech{variables}. The @racket[y]
 a @tech{local variable}. When this code is evaluated, a
 @tech{location} is created for @racket[x] to hold the value
 @racket[5], and a @tech{location} is also created for @racket[y] to
-hold the value @racket[6].
+hold the value @racket[11].
 
 The replacement of a @tech{variable} with a @tech{location} during
 evaluation implements Racket's @deftech{lexical scoping}. For example,
diff --git a/collects/scribblings/reference/syntax.scrbl b/collects/scribblings/reference/syntax.scrbl
index fb45a27060..be90676988 100644
--- a/collects/scribblings/reference/syntax.scrbl
+++ b/collects/scribblings/reference/syntax.scrbl
@@ -2544,7 +2544,7 @@ by @racket[make-rename-transformer] or as an instance of a structure
 type with the @racket[prop:rename-transformer] property, then this
 form is expanded by replacing @racket[id] with the target identifier
 (e.g., the one provided to @racket[make-rename-transformer]). If a
-transformer binding has both @racket[prop:set!-transformer] ad
+transformer binding has both @racket[prop:set!-transformer] and
 @racket[prop:rename-transformer] properties, the latter takes
 precedence.