Index: chapter08/coreutils.xml
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--- chapter08/coreutils.xml	(revision 75d64be391e2cc7dcffffd4f2af7fe61391dfcb2)
+++ chapter08/coreutils.xml	(revision f8ac129f73959ad54ea6dd177c4541e1e77f58d0)
@@ -24,6 +24,6 @@
     <title/>
 
-    <para>The Coreutils package contains utilities for showing and setting the
-    basic system characteristics.</para>
+    <para>The Coreutils package contains the basic utility programs
+    needed by every operating system.</para>
 
     <segmentedlist>
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
 
     <note>
-      <para>In the past, many bugs were found in this patch. When reporting new
-      bugs to Coreutils maintainers, please check first if they are reproducible
-      without this patch.</para>
+      <para>Many bugs have been found in this patch. When reporting new
+      bugs to the Coreutils maintainers, please check first to see if 
+      those bugs are reproducible without this patch.</para>
     </note>
 
@@ -76,6 +76,6 @@
         <listitem>
           <para>The patch for internationalization has modified the
-          building system of the package, so the configuration files have
-          to be regenerated.</para>
+          build system, so the configuration files must
+          be regenerated.</para>
         </listitem>
       </varlistentry>
@@ -85,5 +85,5 @@
         <listitem>
           <para>This environment variable allows the package to be
-          built as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user.
+          built by the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user.
           </para>
         </listitem>
@@ -94,5 +94,5 @@
         <listitem>
           <para>The purpose of this switch is to prevent Coreutils from
-          installing binaries that will be installed by other packages later.
+          installing programs that will be installed by other packages.
           </para>
         </listitem>
@@ -182,5 +182,5 @@
         <term><command>[</command></term>
         <listitem>
-          <para>Is an actual command, /usr/bin/[, that is a synonym
+          <para>Is an actual command, /usr/bin/[; it is a synonym
           for the <command>test</command> command</para>
           <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils lbracket">
@@ -276,5 +276,5 @@
         <listitem>
           <para>Changes the permissions of each file to the given mode; the mode
-          can be either a symbolic representation of the changes to make or an
+          can be either a symbolic representation of the changes to be made, or an
           octal number representing the new permissions</para>
           <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils chmod">
@@ -342,5 +342,5 @@
         <listitem>
           <para>Splits a given file into several new files, separating them
-          according to given patterns or line numbers and outputting the byte
+          according to given patterns or line numbers, and outputting the byte
           count of each new file</para>
           <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils csplit">
@@ -364,6 +364,6 @@
         <term><command>date</command></term>
         <listitem>
-          <para>Displays the current time in the given format, or sets the
-          system date</para>
+          <para>Displays the current dae and time in the given format, or sets the
+          system date and time</para>
           <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils date">
             <primary sortas="b-date">date</primary>
@@ -421,5 +421,5 @@
         <term><command>dirname</command></term>
         <listitem>
-          <para>Strips the non-directory suffix from a file name</para>
+          <para>Extracts the directory portion(s) of the given name(s)</para>
           <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils dirname">
             <primary sortas="b-dirname">dirname</primary>
@@ -483,5 +483,5 @@
         <term><command>factor</command></term>
         <listitem>
-          <para>Prints the prime factors of all specified integer numbers</para>
+          <para>Prints the prime factors of the specified integers</para>
           <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils factor">
             <primary sortas="b-factor">factor</primary>
@@ -588,5 +588,5 @@
         <term><command>link</command></term>
         <listitem>
-          <para>Creates a hard link with the given name to a file</para>
+          <para>Creates a hard link (with the given name) to a file</para>
           <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils link">
             <primary sortas="b-link">link</primary>
@@ -648,6 +648,6 @@
         <term><command>mkfifo</command></term>
         <listitem>
-          <para>Creates First-In, First-Outs (FIFOs), a "named
-          pipe" in UNIX parlance, with the given names</para>
+          <para>Creates First-In, First-Outs (FIFOs), "named
+          pipes" in UNIX parlance, with the given names</para>
           <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils mkfifo">
             <primary sortas="b-mkfifo">mkfifo</primary>
@@ -1231,5 +1231,5 @@
         <listitem>
           <para>Reports the number of lines, words, and bytes for each given
-          file, as well as a total line when more than one file is given</para>
+          file, as well as grand totals when more than one file is given</para>
           <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils wc">
             <primary sortas="b-wc">wc</primary>
@@ -1262,5 +1262,5 @@
         <term><command>yes</command></term>
         <listitem>
-          <para>Repeatedly outputs <quote>y</quote> or a given string until
+          <para>Repeatedly outputs <quote>y</quote>, or a given string, until
           killed</para>
           <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils yes">
