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-rw-r--r--system/doc/getting_started/conc_prog.xml2
-rw-r--r--system/doc/getting_started/records_macros.xml2
-rw-r--r--system/doc/getting_started/robustness.xml2
-rw-r--r--system/doc/getting_started/seq_prog.xml2
4 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/system/doc/getting_started/conc_prog.xml b/system/doc/getting_started/conc_prog.xml
index 580ba79403..0b7111f183 100644
--- a/system/doc/getting_started/conc_prog.xml
+++ b/system/doc/getting_started/conc_prog.xml
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ pong ! {ping, self()},</code>
<c>.erlang.cookie</c> in the directory you get to after executing
the command <c>cd</c> without any argument).
The <c>.erlang.cookie</c> file should contain one line with
- the same atom. For example on Linux or Unix in the OS shell:</p>
+ the same atom. For example, on Linux or Unix in the OS shell:</p>
<pre>
$ <input>cd</input>
$ <input>cat > .erlang.cookie</input>
diff --git a/system/doc/getting_started/records_macros.xml b/system/doc/getting_started/records_macros.xml
index 76e3d185fb..2922962134 100644
--- a/system/doc/getting_started/records_macros.xml
+++ b/system/doc/getting_started/records_macros.xml
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ server_transfer(From, Name, To, Message, User_List) ->
the record is referred to. If you leave out a field when creating
a record, it will get the value of the atom undefined. (*manual*)</p>
<p>Pattern matching with records is very similar to creating
- records. For example inside a <c>case</c> or <c>receive</c>:</p>
+ records. For example, inside a <c>case</c> or <c>receive</c>:</p>
<code type="none">
#message_to{to_name=ToName, message=Message} -></code>
<p>is the same as:</p>
diff --git a/system/doc/getting_started/robustness.xml b/system/doc/getting_started/robustness.xml
index 359ea93275..b97940d388 100644
--- a/system/doc/getting_started/robustness.xml
+++ b/system/doc/getting_started/robustness.xml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
</header>
<p>There are several things which are wrong with
the <seealso marker="conc_prog#ex">messenger example</seealso> from
- the previous chapter. For example if a node where a user is logged
+ the previous chapter. For example, if a node where a user is logged
on goes down without doing a log off, the user will remain in
the server's <c>User_List</c> but the client will disappear thus
making it impossible for the user to log on again as the server
diff --git a/system/doc/getting_started/seq_prog.xml b/system/doc/getting_started/seq_prog.xml
index 6f35c0cccc..0bd9f83c73 100644
--- a/system/doc/getting_started/seq_prog.xml
+++ b/system/doc/getting_started/seq_prog.xml
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ convert_length({inch, Y}) ->
<title>Lists</title>
<p>Whereas tuples group things together, we also want to be able to
represent lists of things. Lists in Erlang are surrounded by "["
- and "]". For example a list of the temperatures of various cities
+ and "]". For example, a list of the temperatures of various cities
in the world could be:</p>
<code type="none">
[{moscow, {c, -10}}, {cape_town, {f, 70}}, {stockholm, {c, -4}},