Several typo fixes

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chapter01/askforhelp.xml

@@ -44,20 +44,20 @@ problem.</para></note>
 </sect2>
 
 <sect2>
-<title>Configure Problems</title>
+<title>Configure Script Problems</title>
 
-<para>If something goes wrong during the stage where the configure
+<para>If something goes wrong during the stage where the
-script is run, review the <filename>config.log</filename> file. This
+<command>configure</command> script is run, review the
-file may contain errors encountered during configure which were not
+<filename>config.log</filename> file. This file may contain errors encountered
-printed to the screen. Include those relevant lines if you need to ask
+during <command>configure</command> which were not printed to the screen.
-for help.</para>
+Include those relevant lines if you need to ask for help.</para>
 </sect2>
 
 <sect2>
-<title>Compile Problems</title>
+<title>Compilation Problems</title>
 
 <para>Both the screen output and the contents of various files are
-useful in determining the cause of compile issues. The screen output
+useful in determining the cause of compilation issues. The screen output
 from the <command>./configure</command> script and the 
 <command>make</command> run can be helpful. It
 is not necessary to include the entire output, but do include enough

chapter01/changelog.xml

@@ -107,6 +107,9 @@ First a summary, then a detailed log.</para>
 </itemizedlist>
 </listitem>
 
+<listitem><para>July  6th, 2005 [matt]: Several typo corrections, as suggested
+by Bernard Leak.</para></listitem>
+
 <listitem><para>July  6th, 2005 [archaic]: Pulled the inetutils kernel header
 patch out again as it is not needed.</para></listitem>
 

chapter03/introduction.xml

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ and stabilized in the development version of the book.</para>
 location has changed since this book was published, Google (<ulink
 url="http://www.google.com/"/>) provides a useful search engine for
 most packages. If this search is unsuccessful, try one of the
-alternate means of downloading discussed at <ulink
+alternative means of downloading discussed at <ulink
 url="&lfs-root;lfs/packages.html"/>.</para>
 
 <para>Downloaded packages and patches will need to be stored somewhere

chapter03/packages.xml

@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@
 <note><para>File (&file-version;) may no longer be available at the
 listed location. The site administrators of the master download
 location occasionally remove older versions when new ones are
-released. An alternate download location that may have the correct
+released. An alternative download location that may have the correct
 version available is <ulink
 url="ftp://ftp.linuxfromscratch.org/pub/lfs/"/>.</para></note>
 </listitem>
@@ -345,8 +345,8 @@ url="ftp://ftp.linuxfromscratch.org/pub/lfs/"/>.</para></note>
 <para><ulink url="ftp://ftp.pld.org.pl/software/shadow/"/></para>
 <note><para>Shadow (&shadow-version;) may no longer be available at the listed
 location. The site administrators of the master download location occasionally
-remove older versions when new ones are released. An alternate download location
+remove older versions when new ones are released. An alternative download
-that may have the correct version available is <ulink
+location that may have the correct version available is <ulink
 url="ftp://ftp.linuxfromscratch.org/pub/lfs/"/>.</para></note>
 </listitem>
 </varlistentry>

chapter06/udev.xml

@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ the configuration files here:</para>
 
 <!-- Edit Me -->
 <para>Run the <command>udevstart</command> program to create our full
-compliment of device nodes.</para>
+complement of device nodes.</para>
 
 <screen><userinput>/sbin/udevstart</userinput></screen>
 

chapter07/introduction.xml

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ url="http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/hints/downloads/files/bsd-init.txt"/>.
 Searching the LFS mailing lists for <quote>depinit</quote> will also offer
 additional choices.</para>
 
-<para>If using an alternate style of init scripts, skip this chapter
+<para>If using an alternative style of init scripts, skip this chapter
 and move on to <xref linkend="chapter-bootable"/>.</para>
 
 </sect1>

prologue/audience.xml

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 <?dbhtml filename="audience.html"?>
 
 <para>There are many reasons why somebody would want to read this
-book. The principle reason is to install a Linux system
+book. The principal reason is to install a Linux system
 from the source code. A question many people raise is, <quote>why go
 through all the hassle of manually building a Linux system from
 scratch when you can just download and install an existing

prologue/foreword.xml

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 <?dbhtml filename="foreword.html"?>
 
 <para>My adventures in Linux began in 1998 when I downloaded and
-installed my first distribution. After working with it for awhile, I
+installed my first distribution. After working with it for a while, I
 discovered issues I definitely would have liked to see improved upon.
 For example, I didn't like the arrangement of the bootscripts or the way
 programs were configured by default. I tried a number of alternative

prologue/typography.xml

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ referenced.</para>
 
 <screen><computeroutput>install-info: unknown option '--dir-file=/mnt/lfs/usr/info/dir'</computeroutput></screen>
 
-<para>This form of text (fixed width text) shows screen output,
+<para>This form of text (fixed-width text) shows screen output,
 probably as the result of commands issued.  This format is also used
 to show filenames, such as
 <filename>/etc/ld.so.conf</filename>.</para>