Fix several typos and grammatical errors in the user guide.

10 files changed, 21 insertions, 21 deletions

diff --git a/doc/user/add-method.in b/doc/user/add-method.in
index 7efd9235..2deb07a0 100644
--- a/doc/user/add-method.in
+++ b/doc/user/add-method.in
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
 
   <para>
 
-  As mentioned, a psuedo-builder also provides more flexibility
+  As mentioned, a pseudo-builder also provides more flexibility
   in parsing arguments than you can get with a &Builder;.
   The next example shows a pseudo-builder with a
   named argument that modifies the filename, and a separate argument
diff --git a/doc/user/add-method.xml b/doc/user/add-method.xml
index 51bc04b9..3aac7a8d 100644
--- a/doc/user/add-method.xml
+++ b/doc/user/add-method.xml
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
 
   <para>
 
-  As mentioned, a psuedo-builder also provides more flexibility
+  As mentioned, a pseudo-builder also provides more flexibility
   in parsing arguments than you can get with a &Builder;.
   The next example shows a pseudo-builder with a
   named argument that modifies the filename, and a separate argument
diff --git a/doc/user/builders-writing.in b/doc/user/builders-writing.in
index 93a183c3..749a8ba1 100644
--- a/doc/user/builders-writing.in
+++ b/doc/user/builders-writing.in
@@ -98,8 +98,8 @@ This functionality could be invoked as in the following example:
   <para>
 
   Although &SCons; provides many useful methods
-  for building common software products:
-  programs, libraries, documents.
+  for building common software products
+  (programs, libraries, documents, etc.),
   you frequently want to be
   able to build some other type of file
   not supported directly by &SCons;.
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ This functionality could be invoked as in the following example:
   (In fact, the &SCons; interfaces for creating
   &Builder; objects are flexible enough and easy enough to use
   that all of the the &SCons; built-in &Builder; objects
-  are created the mechanisms described in this section.)
+  are created using the mechanisms described in this section.)
 
   </para>
 
diff --git a/doc/user/builders-writing.xml b/doc/user/builders-writing.xml
index c8ff0036..f42a61f5 100644
--- a/doc/user/builders-writing.xml
+++ b/doc/user/builders-writing.xml
@@ -98,8 +98,8 @@ This functionality could be invoked as in the following example:
   <para>
 
   Although &SCons; provides many useful methods
-  for building common software products:
-  programs, libraries, documents.
+  for building common software products
+  (programs, libraries, documents, etc.),
   you frequently want to be
   able to build some other type of file
   not supported directly by &SCons;.
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ This functionality could be invoked as in the following example:
   (In fact, the &SCons; interfaces for creating
   &Builder; objects are flexible enough and easy enough to use
   that all of the the &SCons; built-in &Builder; objects
-  are created the mechanisms described in this section.)
+  are created using the mechanisms described in this section.)
 
   </para>
 
diff --git a/doc/user/command-line.in b/doc/user/command-line.in
index 42f8e2e8..33f88ec4 100644
--- a/doc/user/command-line.in
+++ b/doc/user/command-line.in
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
 
     Any command-line argument containing an <literal>=</literal>
     (equal sign) is considered a variable setting with the form
-    <varname>variable</varname>=<varname>value</varname>
+    <varname>variable</varname>=<varname>value</varname>.
     &SCons; provides direct access to
     all of the command-line variable settings,
     the ability to apply command-line variable settings
diff --git a/doc/user/command-line.xml b/doc/user/command-line.xml
index 49edf8ac..1006c6b3 100644
--- a/doc/user/command-line.xml
+++ b/doc/user/command-line.xml
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
 
     Any command-line argument containing an <literal>=</literal>
     (equal sign) is considered a variable setting with the form
-    <varname>variable</varname>=<varname>value</varname>
+    <varname>variable</varname>=<varname>value</varname>.
     &SCons; provides direct access to
     all of the command-line variable settings,
     the ability to apply command-line variable settings
@@ -1086,7 +1086,7 @@
       by the ones specified on the command line.
 
       </para>
-
+      
     </section>
 
     <section>
diff --git a/doc/user/depends.in b/doc/user/depends.in
index 88828fec..f6013124 100644
--- a/doc/user/depends.in
+++ b/doc/user/depends.in
@@ -593,11 +593,11 @@
 
       <para>
 
-      Another thing to look out for, is the fact that the three
+      Another thing to look out for is the fact that the three
       attributes above may not be present at the time of the first run.
-      Without any prior build, no targets got created and no
+      Without any prior build, no targets have been created and no
       <filename>.sconsign</filename> DB file exists yet.
-      So, it is recommended to always check whether the
+      So, you should always check whether the
       <varname>prev_ni</varname> attribute in question is available.
 
       </para>
diff --git a/doc/user/depends.xml b/doc/user/depends.xml
index a5e84d6d..df2a9115 100644
--- a/doc/user/depends.xml
+++ b/doc/user/depends.xml
@@ -589,11 +589,11 @@
 
       <para>
 
-      Another thing to look out for, is the fact that the three
+      Another thing to look out for is the fact that the three
       attributes above may not be present at the time of the first run.
-      Without any prior build, no targets got created and no
+      Without any prior build, no targets have been created and no
       <filename>.sconsign</filename> DB file exists yet.
-      So, it is recommended to always check whether the
+      So, you should always check whether the
       <varname>prev_ni</varname> attribute in question is available.
 
       </para>
diff --git a/doc/user/environments.in b/doc/user/environments.in
index f7676760..9f393477 100644
--- a/doc/user/environments.in
+++ b/doc/user/environments.in
@@ -684,7 +684,7 @@ environment, of directory names, suffixes, etc.
       <para>
 
       Another way to get information from
-      a construction environment.
+      a construction environment
       is to use the &subst; method
       on a string containing <literal>$</literal> expansions
       of construction variable names.
@@ -874,7 +874,7 @@ environment, of directory names, suffixes, etc.
       <para>
 
       You can, however, control the settings
-      in the default contstruction environment
+      in the default construction environment
       by using the &DefaultEnvironment; function
       to initialize various settings:
 
diff --git a/doc/user/environments.xml b/doc/user/environments.xml
index b2a85058..eaf4ba35 100644
--- a/doc/user/environments.xml
+++ b/doc/user/environments.xml
@@ -684,7 +684,7 @@ environment, of directory names, suffixes, etc.
       <para>
 
       Another way to get information from
-      a construction environment.
+      a construction environment
       is to use the &subst; method
       on a string containing <literal>$</literal> expansions
       of construction variable names.
@@ -875,7 +875,7 @@ environment, of directory names, suffixes, etc.
       <para>
 
       You can, however, control the settings
-      in the default contstruction environment
+      in the default construction environment
       by using the &DefaultEnvironment; function
       to initialize various settings: