Don't use future tense.

2 files changed, 23 insertions, 22 deletions

diff --git a/man/groff.man b/man/groff.man
index 2e0bfc74..e3a3d65f 100644
--- a/man/groff.man
+++ b/man/groff.man
@@ -414,7 +414,7 @@ control character must be on the first position of the line.
 .
 .P
 .B Text lines
-represent the parts that will be printed.
+represent the parts that is printed.
 They can be modified by escape sequences, which are recognized by a
 leading backslash
 .squoted_char \[rs] .
@@ -653,7 +653,7 @@ character.
 .IP ""
 As a second task, it is the most commonly used argument separator in
 some functional escape sequences (but any pair of characters not part
-of the argument will work).
+of the argument do work).
 .
 In all other positions, it denotes the single quote or apostrophe
 character.
@@ -671,7 +671,7 @@ In the
 .request ds
 and
 .request as
-requests, a leading double quote in the argument will be stripped off,
+requests, a leading double quote in the argument is stripped off,
 making everything else afterwards the string to be defined (enabling
 leading whitespace).
 .
@@ -1107,13 +1107,13 @@ If an expression defined as
 .I \[+-]N
 starts with a
 .squoted_char +
-sign the resulting value of the expression will be added to an already
+sign the resulting value of the expression is added to an already
 existing value inherent to the related request, e.g.\& adding to a number
 register.
 .
 If the expression starts with a
 .squoted_char -
-the value of the expression will be subtracted from the request value.
+the value of the expression is subtracted from the request value.
 .
 .P
 Without a sign,
@@ -1516,7 +1516,7 @@ request.
 .REQ .em macro
 The
 .I macro
-will be run after the end of input.
+is run after the end of input.
 .
 .REQ .eo
 Turn off escape character mechanism.
@@ -1612,7 +1612,7 @@ then the fonts
 .IR s1 ,
 .IR s2 ,
 .I .\|.\|.\&
-will be special.
+are special.
 .
 .REQ .ft
 Return to previous font.
@@ -1921,7 +1921,7 @@ directly to intermediate output, allowing leading whitespace if
 .I string
 starts with
 .character \[dq]
-(which will be stripped off).
+(which is stripped off).
 .
 .REQ .pc
 Reset page number character to\~\c
@@ -2105,7 +2105,7 @@ Reset global list of special fonts to be empty.
 Fonts
 .IR s1 ,
 .IR s2 ,
-etc.\& are special and will be searched for characters not in the
+etc.\& are special and are searched for characters not in the
 current font.
 .
 .REQ .spreadwarn
@@ -2218,7 +2218,7 @@ whitespace if
 .I anything
 starts with
 .character \[dq]
-(which will be stripped off).
+(which is stripped off).
 .
 .REQ .tmc anything
 Similar to
@@ -2244,7 +2244,7 @@ This is the same as the
 .request tr
 request except that the
 .B asciify
-request will use the character code (if any) before the character
+request uses the character code (if any) before the character
 translation.
 .
 .REQ .trnt abcd.\|.\|.\&
@@ -2528,7 +2528,7 @@ Default optional hyphenation character.
 Transparent line indicator.
 .
 .ESC? anything
-In a diversion, this will transparently embed
+In a diversion, this transparently embeds
 .I anything
 in the diversion.
 .I anything
@@ -2566,12 +2566,12 @@ recognition.
 .
 .ESC /
 Increases the width of the preceding character so that the spacing
-between that character and the following character will be correct if
+between that character and the following character is correct if
 the following character is a roman character.
 .
 .ESC ,
 Modifies the spacing of the following character so that the spacing
-between that character and the preceding character will correct if the
+between that character and the preceding character is correct if the
 preceding character is a roman character.
 .
 .ESC ~
@@ -3488,7 +3488,7 @@ be reproduced, and say which version of groff you are using.
 .SH AUTHORS
 .\" --------------------------------------------------------------------
 .
-Copyright (C) 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005
+Copyright (C) 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 .
 .P
diff --git a/man/groff_char.man b/man/groff_char.man
index c3869003..6274d7c5 100644
--- a/man/groff_char.man
+++ b/man/groff_char.man
@@ -17,9 +17,10 @@ groff_char(7)
 This file is part of groff (GNU roff).
 
 File position: <groff_src_top>/man/groff_char.man
-Last update: 05 Dec 2004
+Last update: 21 Jan 2006
 
-Copyright (C) 1989-2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright (C) 1989-2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006
+  Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 written by Werner Lemberg <wl@gnu.org>
 with additions by Bernd Warken <bwarken@mayn.de>
 
@@ -359,7 +360,7 @@ This manual page lists the standard
 .B groff
 glyph names and the default input mapping, \%latin-1.
 .
-The glyphs in this document will look different depending
+The glyphs in this document look different depending
 on which output device was chosen (with option
 .B \-T
 for the
@@ -367,7 +368,7 @@ for the
 program or the roff formatter).
 .
 Glyphs not available for the device that
-is being used to print or view this manual page will be marked with
+is being used to print or view this manual page are marked with
 .ie \n(.g `(N/A)'; the device currently used is `\*(.T'.
 .el `(N/A)'.
 .
@@ -404,7 +405,7 @@ It is rather straightforward (for the experienced user) to set up other
 .IR \%Latin-2 ;
 since
 .B groff
-will use Unicode in the next major version, no additional encodings
+uses Unicode in the next major version, no additional encodings
 are provided.
 .
 .
@@ -1279,7 +1280,7 @@ variant and U+03C5 the curly glyph.
 Unfortunately, most font vendors didn't update their fonts to
 this (incompatible) change in Unicode.
 .
-At the time of this writing (February 2003), it is not clear yet whether
+At the time of this writing (January 2006), it is not clear yet whether
 the Adobe Glyph Names `phi' and `phi1' also change its meaning if used for
 mathematics, thus compatibility problems are likely to happen \(en being
 conservative, groff currently assumes that `phi' in a PostScript symbol
@@ -1358,7 +1359,7 @@ phi, and `\f(CW\e[+f]\fP' the curly variant.
 .\" --------------------------------------------------------------------
 .
 Copyright \(co 1989-2000, 2001, 2002, 2003,
-2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+2004, 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 .
 .P
 This document is distributed under the terms of the FDL (GNU Free