maint: replace misused "a" with "an"

* doc/intprops.texi: "a integer"
* doc/regex.texi: "a explanation"
* lib/alignof.h: "a object"
* lib/argmatch.h: "a explanation"
* lib/argp-help.c: "a option" and "a OPTION_DOC"
* lib/stdint.in.h: "a integer"
* lib/userspec.c: "a owner"
* doc/gnulib.texi: Fix "a idea", and reword.
(cherry picked from commit 93d7550462f21202b69712f3d489399963965ddd)

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index f103411..62b9505 100644 (file)
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,15 @@
+2011-05-20  Jim Meyering  <meyering@redhat.com>
+
+       maint: replace misused "a" with "an"
+       * doc/intprops.texi: "a integer"
+       * doc/regex.texi: "a explanation"
+       * lib/alignof.h: "a object"
+       * lib/argmatch.h: "a explanation"
+       * lib/argp-help.c: "a option" and "a OPTION_DOC"
+       * lib/stdint.in.h: "a integer"
+       * lib/userspec.c: "a owner"
+       * doc/gnulib.texi: Fix "a idea", and reword.
+
 2011-05-19  Jim Meyering  <meyering@redhat.com>
 
        maint: correct misuse of "a" and "an"

diff --git a/doc/gnulib.texi b/doc/gnulib.texi
index fef0d76..1e1ad40 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/gnulib.texi
+++ b/doc/gnulib.texi
@@ -550,7 +550,7 @@ used here.  It contains a convenient @code{ASSERT} macro.
 
 The body of the test, then, contains many @code{ASSERT} invocations.  When
 a test fails, the @code{ASSERT} macro prints the line number of the failing
-statement, thus giving you as a developer a idea which part of the test
+statement, thus giving you, the developer, an idea of which part of the test
 failed, even when you don't have access to the machine where the test failed
 and the reporting user cannot run a debugger.
 

diff --git a/doc/intprops.texi b/doc/intprops.texi
index 6419201..b6cd14a 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/intprops.texi
+++ b/doc/intprops.texi
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ while the second, for integer types, is easier to use.
 
 @findex TYPE_IS_INTEGER
 @code{TYPE_IS_INTEGER (@var{t})} expands to a constant
-expression that is 1 if the arithmetic type @var{t} is a integer type.
+expression that is 1 if the arithmetic type @var{t} is an integer type.
 @code{_Bool} counts as an integer type.
 
 @findex TYPE_SIGNED

diff --git a/doc/regex.texi b/doc/regex.texi
index bfc3471..52ecf9b 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/regex.texi
+++ b/doc/regex.texi
@@ -1624,7 +1624,7 @@ compiled pattern.  @var{string} is the string you want to match; it can
 contain newline and null characters.  @var{size} is the length of that
 string.  @var{start} is the string index at which you want to
 begin matching; the first character of @var{string} is at index zero.
-@xref{Using Registers}, for a explanation of @var{regs}; you can safely
+@xref{Using Registers}, for an explanation of @var{regs}; you can safely
 pass zero.
 
 @code{re_match} matches the regular expression in @var{pattern_buffer}

diff --git a/lib/alignof.h b/lib/alignof.h
index 24f4bc9..9b8e00d 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/alignof.h
+++ b/lib/alignof.h
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 # define alignof_slot(type) offsetof (struct { char __slot1; type __slot2; }, __slot2)
 #endif
 
-/* Determine the good alignment of a object of the given type at compile time.
+/* Determine the good alignment of an object of the given type at compile time.
    Note that this is not necessarily the same as alignof_slot(type).
    For example, with GNU C on x86 platforms: alignof_type(double) = 8, but
    - when -malign-double is not specified:  alignof_slot(double) = 4,

diff --git a/lib/argmatch.h b/lib/argmatch.h
index 9ebe2d1..f87729d 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/argmatch.h
+++ b/lib/argmatch.h
@@ -73,8 +73,8 @@ void argmatch_valid (char const *const *arglist,
 
 
 
-/* Same as argmatch, but upon failure, reports a explanation on the
-   failure, and exits using the function EXIT_FN. */
+/* Same as argmatch, but upon failure, report an explanation of the
+   failure, and exit using the function EXIT_FN. */
 
 ptrdiff_t __xargmatch_internal (char const *context,
                                 char const *arg, char const *const *arglist,

diff --git a/lib/argp-help.c b/lib/argp-help.c
index ad8647d..7993794 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/argp-help.c
+++ b/lib/argp-help.c
@@ -359,7 +359,7 @@ struct hol_entry
   /* A pointers into the HOL's short_options field, to the first short option
      letter for this entry.  The order of the characters following this point
      corresponds to the order of options pointed to by OPT, and there are at
-     most NUM.  A short option recorded in a option following OPT is only
+     most NUM.  A short option recorded in an option following OPT is only
      valid if it occurs in the right place in SHORT_OPTIONS (otherwise it's
      probably been shadowed by some other entry).  */
   char *short_options;
@@ -713,7 +713,7 @@ hol_cluster_is_child (const struct hol_cluster *cl1,
   return cl1 == cl2;
 }
 \f
-/* Given the name of a OPTION_DOC option, modifies NAME to start at the tail
+/* Given the name of an OPTION_DOC option, modifies NAME to start at the tail
    that should be used for comparisons, and returns true iff it should be
    treated as a non-option.  */
 static int
@@ -1551,7 +1551,7 @@ argp_doc (const struct argp *argp, const struct argp_state *state,
     free ((char *) inp_text);   /* We copied INP_TEXT, so free it now.  */
 
   if (post && argp->help_filter)
-    /* Now see if we have to output a ARGP_KEY_HELP_EXTRA text.  */
+    /* Now see if we have to output an ARGP_KEY_HELP_EXTRA text.  */
     {
       text = (*argp->help_filter) (ARGP_KEY_HELP_EXTRA, 0, input);
       if (text)

diff --git a/lib/stdint.in.h b/lib/stdint.in.h
index c518f3b..5aedeee 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/stdint.in.h
+++ b/lib/stdint.in.h
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@
 
 #undef _GL_JUST_INCLUDE_SYSTEM_INTTYPES_H
 
-/* Minimum and maximum values for a integer type under the usual assumption.
+/* Minimum and maximum values for an integer type under the usual assumption.
    Return an unspecified value if BITS == 0, adding a check to pacify
    picky compilers.  */
 

diff --git a/lib/userspec.c b/lib/userspec.c
index bf3b792..a96b63a 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/userspec.c
+++ b/lib/userspec.c
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ parse_user_spec (char const *spec, uid_t *uid, gid_t *gid,
   if (!colon && error_msg)
     {
       /* If there's no colon but there is a dot, and if looking up the
-         whole spec failed (i.e., the spec is not a owner name that
+         whole spec failed (i.e., the spec is not an owner name that
          includes a dot), then try again, but interpret the dot as a
          separator.  This is a compatible extension to POSIX, since
          the POSIX-required behavior is always tried first.  */