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@@ -17 +17 @@
   <para>The shell program <command>/bin/bash</command> (hereafter referred to
   as <quote>the shell</quote>) uses a collection of startup files to help
-  create the environment to run in. Each file has a specific use and may affect
+  create an environment to run in. Each file has a specific use and may affect
   login and interactive environments differently. The files in the <filename
-  class="directory">/etc</filename> directory provide global settings. If
-  equivalent files exist in the home directory, they may override the global
+  class="directory">/etc</filename> directory provide global settings. If an
+  equivalent file exists in the home directory, it may override the global
   settings.</para>
 
@@ -31 +31 @@
   commands.</para>
 
-<para>For more information, see the <emphasis>Bash Startup Files</emphasis> and
-  <emphasis>Interactive Shells</emphasis> sections in the <emphasis>Bash 
-  Features</emphasis> chapter of the Bash info pages (<command>info bash</command>).</para>
+  <para>For more information, see <command>info bash</command> under the
+  <emphasis>Bash Startup Files and Interactive Shells</emphasis> section.</para>
 
   <para>The files <filename>/etc/profile</filename> and
@@ -93 +92 @@
 
   <para>This results in a final locale setting of <quote>en_GB.ISO-8859-1</quote>.
-  It is important that the locale found using the heuristic above is tested before
-  it is added to the Bash startup files:</para>
+  It is important that the locale found using the heuristic above is tested prior
+  to it being added to the Bash startup files:</para>
 
 <screen role="nodump"><userinput>LC_ALL=&lt;locale name&gt; locale language
@@ -131 +130 @@
   "de_DE@euro" in order to get this locale recognized by Xlib.</para>
 -->
-  <para>Other packages may also function incorrectly (but will not necessarily
+  <para>Other packages can also function incorrectly (but may not necessarily
   display any error messages) if the locale name does not meet their expectations.
-  In such cases, investigating how other Linux distributions support your locale
+  In those cases, investigating how other Linux distributions support your locale
   might provide some useful information.</para>
 
@@ -149 +148 @@
   <para>The <quote>C</quote> (default) and <quote>en_US.utf8</quote> (the recommended
   one for United States English users) locales are different. <quote>C</quote>
-  uses the US-ASCII 7-bit character set, and treats bytes with the high-order bit set
-  <quote>on</quote> as invalid characters. That's why, e.g., the <command>ls</command> command
-  displays them as question marks in that locale. Also, an attempt to send
+  uses the US-ASCII 7-bit character set, and treats bytes with the high bit set
+  as invalid characters. That's why, e.g., the <command>ls</command> command
+  substitutes them with question marks in that locale. Also, an attempt to send
   mail with such characters from Mutt or Pine results in non-RFC-conforming
   messages being sent (the charset in the outgoing mail is indicated as <quote>unknown
-  8-bit</quote>). So you can only use the <quote>C</quote> locale if you are sure
+  8-bit</quote>). So you can use the <quote>C</quote> locale only if you are sure that
   you will never need 8-bit characters.</para>
 
   <para>UTF-8 based locales are not supported well by some programs.
-  Work is in progress to document and, if possible, fix such problems. See
+  Work is in progress to document and, if possible, fix such problems, see
   <ulink url="&blfs-book;introduction/locale-issues.html"/>.</para>