typos and language goofs pointed out by Hugo van der Sanden

<hv@crypt.compulink.co.uk>

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@4366

2 files changed, 37 insertions, 33 deletions

diff --git a/pod/perldelta.pod b/pod/perldelta.pod
index 618ee01455..1c93ed14bb 100644
--- a/pod/perldelta.pod
+++ b/pod/perldelta.pod
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ See also L<"64-bit support">.
 =head2 Long Doubles
 
 Some platforms have "long doubles", floating point numbers of even
-larger range than ordinary "doubles".  To enable using ng doubles for
+larger range than ordinary "doubles".  To enable using long doubles for
 Perl's scalars, use -Duselongdouble.
 
 =head2 -Dusemorebits
@@ -701,7 +701,7 @@ exec() fails, earlier versions did not report the error properly,
 since the exec() happened to be in a different process.
 
 The child process now communicates with the parent about the
-error in launching the external command, which allow these
+error in launching the external command, which allows these
 constructs to return with their usual error value and set $!.
 
 =head2 Implicitly closed filehandles are safer
@@ -754,7 +754,7 @@ enabled.
 
 =head2 Locale bugs fixed
 
-printf() and sprintf() previously did reset the numeric locale
+printf() and sprintf() previously reset the numeric locale
 back to the default "C" locale.  This has been fixed.
 
 Numbers formatted according to the local numeric locale
@@ -818,7 +818,7 @@ library's C<stderr>.
 
 =head2 Other fixes for better diagnostics
 
-Line numbers are suppressed no more (under most likely circumstances)
+Line numbers are no longer suppressed (under most likely circumstances)
 during the global destruction phase.
 
 Diagnostics emitted from code running in threads other than the main
@@ -1042,7 +1042,7 @@ Devel::DProf, a Perl source code profiler has been added.  See L<DProf>.
 
 =item Dumpvalue
 
-Added Dumpvalue module provides screen dumps of Perl data.
+The Dumpvalue module provides screen dumps of Perl data.
 
 =item Benchmark
 
@@ -1152,7 +1152,7 @@ C<no lib> removes all named entries.
 
 =item Math::BigInt
 
-The logical operations C<E<lt>E<lt>>, C<E<gt>E<gt>>, C<&>, C<|>,
+The bitwise operations C<E<lt>E<lt>>, C<E<gt>E<gt>>, C<&>, C<|>,
 and C<~> are now supported on bigints.
 
 =item Math::Complex
@@ -1187,7 +1187,7 @@ fixed.
 =item Time::Local
 
 The timelocal() and timegm() functions used to silently return bogus
-results when the date exceeded the machine's integer range.  They
+results when the date fell outside the machine's integer range.  They
 now consistently croak() if the date falls in an unsupported range.
 
 =item Win32
@@ -1231,7 +1231,7 @@ See L<perldbmfilter> for further information.
 
 =head2 Pragmata
 
-C<use attrs> is now obsolescent, and is only provided for
+C<use attrs> is now obsolete, and is only provided for
 backward-compatibility.  It's been replaced by the C<sub : attributes>
 syntax.  See L<perlsub/"Subroutine Attributes"> and L<attributes>.
 
@@ -1325,7 +1325,7 @@ See L<perlfunc/pack>.
 
 =item / must be followed by a*, A* or Z*
 
-(F) You had an pack template indicating a counted-length string,
+(F) You had a pack template indicating a counted-length string,
 Currently the only things that can have their length counted are a*, A* or Z*.
 See L<perlfunc/pack>.
 
@@ -1354,7 +1354,7 @@ C<'>-delimited regular expression.
 =item /%s/ should probably be written as "%s"
 
 (W) You have used a pattern where Perl expected to find a string,
-like in the first argument to C<join>.  Perl will treat the true
+as in the first argument to C<join>.  Perl will treat the true
 or false result of matching the pattern against $_ as the string,
 which is probably not what you had in mind.
 
@@ -1432,8 +1432,8 @@ so it was truncated to the string shown.
 
 =item Can't modify non-lvalue subroutine call
 
-(F) Subroutines used in lvalue context should be marked as such, see
-L<perlsub/"Lvalue subroutines">.
+(F) Subroutines meant to be used in lvalue context should be declared as
+such, see L<perlsub/"Lvalue subroutines">.
 
 =item Can't read CRTL environ
 
@@ -1462,13 +1462,15 @@ references can be weakened.
 =item Character class [:%s:] unknown
 
 (F) The class in the character class [: :] syntax is unknown.
+See L<perlre>.
 
 =item Character class syntax [%s] belongs inside character classes
 
 (W) The character class constructs [: :], [= =], and [. .]  go
 I<inside> character classes, the [] are part of the construct,
-for example: /[012[:alpha:]345]/.  Note that the last two constructs
-are not currently implemented, they are placeholders for future extensions.
+for example: /[012[:alpha:]345]/.  Note that [= =] and [. .]
+are not currently implemented; they are simply placeholders for
+future extensions.
 
 =item Constant is not %s reference
 
@@ -1516,7 +1518,7 @@ effective uids or gids failed.
 =item Filehandle %s opened only for output
 
 (W) You tried to read from a filehandle opened only for writing.  If you
-intended it to be a read-write filehandle, you needed to open it with
+intended it to be a read/write filehandle, you needed to open it with
 "+E<lt>" or "+E<gt>" or "+E<gt>E<gt>" instead of with "E<lt>" or nothing.  If
 you intended only to read from the file, use "E<lt>".  See
 L<perlfunc/open>.
@@ -1542,7 +1544,7 @@ line was ignored.
 
 =item Illegal binary digit %s
 
-(F) You used a digit other than 0 and 1 in a binary number.
+(F) You used a digit other than 0 or 1 in a binary number.
 
 =item Illegal binary digit %s ignored
 
@@ -1687,7 +1689,7 @@ repetitions of "xyz" is C</abc(?=(?:xyz){3})/>, not C</abc(?=xyz){3}/>.
 (F) While under the C<use filetest> pragma, we cannot switch the
 real and effective uids or gids.
 
-=item This Perl can't reset CRTL eviron elements (%s)
+=item This Perl can't reset CRTL environ elements (%s)
 
 =item This Perl can't set CRTL environ elements (%s=%s)
 
@@ -1700,9 +1702,9 @@ L<perlvms>) so that the environ array isn't the target of the change to
 
 =item Unknown open() mode '%s'
 
-(F) The second argument of 3-arguments open is not one from the list
-of C<L<lt>>, C<L<gt>>, C<E<gt>E<gt>>, C<+L<lt>>, C<+L<gt>>,
-C<+E<gt>E<gt>>, C<-|>, C<|-> of possible open() modes.
+(F) The second argument of 3-argument open() is not among the list
+of valid modes: C<L<lt>>, C<L<gt>>, C<E<gt>E<gt>>, C<+L<lt>>,
+C<+L<gt>>, C<+E<gt>E<gt>>, C<-|>, C<|->.
 
 =item Unknown process %x sent message to prime_env_iter: %s
 
@@ -1804,7 +1806,7 @@ warning.  And in Perl 5.005, this special treatment will cease.
 
 =head1 BUGS
 
-If you find what you think is a bug, you might check the headers of
+If you find what you think is a bug, you might check the
 articles recently posted to the comp.lang.perl.misc newsgroup.
 There may also be information at http://www.perl.com/perl/, the Perl
 Home Page.
diff --git a/pod/perldiag.pod b/pod/perldiag.pod
index d0f1be8a76..ba1e3746e1 100644
--- a/pod/perldiag.pod
+++ b/pod/perldiag.pod
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ See L<perlfunc/pack>.
 
 =item / must be followed by a*, A* or Z*
 
-(F) You had an pack template indicating a counted-length string,
+(F) You had a pack template indicating a counted-length string,
 Currently the only things that can have their length counted are a*, A* or Z*.
 See L<perlfunc/pack>.
 
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ C<'>-delimited regular expression.
 =item /%s/ should probably be written as "%s"
 
 (W) You have used a pattern where Perl expected to find a string,
-like in the first argument to C<join>.  Perl will treat the true
+as in the first argument to C<join>.  Perl will treat the true
 or false result of matching the pattern against $_ as the string,
 which is probably not what you had in mind.
 
@@ -881,8 +881,8 @@ change it, such as with an auto-increment.
 
 =item Can't modify non-lvalue subroutine call
 
-(F) Subroutines used in lvalue context should be marked as such, see
-L<perlsub/"Lvalue subroutines">.
+(F) Subroutines meant to be used in lvalue context should be declared as
+such, see L<perlsub/"Lvalue subroutines">.
 
 =item Can't modify nonexistent substring
 
@@ -1113,13 +1113,15 @@ package. If method name is C<???>, this is an internal error.
 =item Character class [:%s:] unknown
 
 (F) The class in the character class [: :] syntax is unknown.
+See L<perlre>.
 
 =item Character class syntax [%s] belongs inside character classes
 
 (W) The character class constructs [: :], [= =], and [. .]  go
 I<inside> character classes, the [] are part of the construct,
-for example: /[012[:alpha:]345]/.  Note that the last two constructs
-are not currently implemented, they are placeholders for future extensions.
+for example: /[012[:alpha:]345]/.  Note that [= =] and [. .]
+are not currently implemented; they are simply placeholders for
+future extensions.
 
 =item Character class syntax [. .] is reserved for future extensions
 
@@ -1407,7 +1409,7 @@ L<perlfunc/open>.
 =item Filehandle %s opened only for output
 
 (W) You tried to read from a filehandle opened only for writing.  If you
-intended it to be a read-write filehandle, you needed to open it with
+intended it to be a read/write filehandle, you needed to open it with
 "+E<lt>" or "+E<gt>" or "+E<gt>E<gt>" instead of with "E<lt>" or nothing.  If
 you intended only to read from the file, use "E<lt>".  See
 L<perlfunc/open>.
@@ -1558,7 +1560,7 @@ don't take to this kindly.
 
 =item Illegal binary digit %s
 
-(F) You used a digit other than 0 and 1 in a binary number.
+(F) You used a digit other than 0 or 1 in a binary number.
 
 =item Illegal octal digit %s
 
@@ -2900,7 +2902,7 @@ will deny it.
 if the last stat that wrote to the stat buffer already went past
 the symlink to get to the real file.  Use an actual filename instead.
 
-=item This Perl can't reset CRTL eviron elements (%s)
+=item This Perl can't reset CRTL environ elements (%s)
 
 =item This Perl can't set CRTL environ elements (%s=%s)
 
@@ -3067,9 +3069,9 @@ representative, who probably put it there in the first place.
 
 =item Unknown open() mode '%s'
 
-(F) The second argument of 3-arguments open is not one from the list
-of C<L<lt>>, C<L<gt>>, C<E<gt>E<gt>>, C<+L<lt>>, C<+L<gt>>,
-C<+E<gt>E<gt>>, C<-|>, C<|-> of possible open() modes.
+(F) The second argument of 3-argument open() is not among the list
+of valid modes: C<L<lt>>, C<L<gt>>, C<E<gt>E<gt>>, C<+L<lt>>,
+C<+L<gt>>, C<+E<gt>E<gt>>, C<-|>, C<|->.
 
 =item Unknown process %x sent message to prime_env_iter: %s