gnucash-docs maint: Minor doc spelling and grammar
Geert Janssens
gjanssens at code.gnucash.org
Thu Mar 30 06:39:11 EDT 2017
Updated via https://github.com/Gnucash/gnucash-docs/commit/45523a15 (commit)
from https://github.com/Gnucash/gnucash-docs/commit/72a1778c (commit)
commit 45523a157c5578c87000d65d7727d7970ec81a7f
Author: Phil Davis <phil.davis at inf.org>
Date: Mon Mar 27 13:39:18 2017 +0545
Minor doc spelling and grammar
diff --git a/guide/C/ch_bus_features.xml b/guide/C/ch_bus_features.xml
index 2fbc89e..ff54042 100644
--- a/guide/C/ch_bus_features.xml
+++ b/guide/C/ch_bus_features.xml
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ Basic A/R and A/P Account Hierarchy:
<para>If you set up Tax on Purchases and Tax on Sales as subaccounts of Liabilities:Tax then the net tax will be rolled up
and can be seen in the <application>&app;</application> Accounts tab.
</para>
- <para><emphasis>If unsure about tax law requirements, get professional advise. </emphasis></para>
+ <para><emphasis>If unsure about tax law requirements, get professional advice. </emphasis></para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</sect2>
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ Basic A/R and A/P Account Hierarchy:
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>After creating and posting a payment which pays the invoice in full, manually edit the payment transaction (usually strongly discouraged)
- and split the payment to reduce it by the amount of the discount and a create a compensating split in an income (discount) account.
+ and split the payment to reduce it by the amount of the discount and create a compensating split in an income (discount) account.
</para>
</listitem>
@@ -832,8 +832,8 @@ Basic A/R and A/P Account Hierarchy:
appearance.</para>
<para>Use <menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu><guimenuitem>Properties</guimenuitem></menuchoice> to
- enter your Company informations in the <guilabel>Business</guilabel> tab of the <guilabel>Book Options</guilabel> window.
- Some of the entered informations are printed on the right side of invoices.</para>
+ enter your Company information in the <guilabel>Business</guilabel> tab of the <guilabel>Book Options</guilabel> window.
+ Some of the entered information is printed on the right side of invoices.</para>
<para>To add a customized background, heading banner or logo to invoices,
modify the invoice style sheets. To do this, go to <menuchoice><guimenu>Edit</guimenu>
@@ -1070,7 +1070,7 @@ Basic A/R and A/P Account Hierarchy:
</mediaobject>
</screenshot>
- <para>When you click the <guibutton>OK</guibutton> the <guilabel>Edit Bill</guilabel> opens.</para>
+ <para>When you click the <guibutton>OK</guibutton> button the <guilabel>Edit Bill</guilabel> window opens.</para>
</sect3>
<sect3 id="bus-ap-billedit2">
diff --git a/guide/C/ch_invest.xml b/guide/C/ch_invest.xml
index b9d41f5..ecbaec6 100644
--- a/guide/C/ch_invest.xml
+++ b/guide/C/ch_invest.xml
@@ -268,8 +268,7 @@
value of until you sell it. The tax implications of selling these
items is varied, depending on the item. For example, you may have
tax relief from selling a house if it is your primary residence, but
- may would not receive this tax break on an expensive
- painting.</para>
+ may not receive this tax break on an expensive painting.</para>
<para>Fixed asset investments are discussed in <xref linkend="chapter_capgain" /> and
<xref linkend="chapter_dep" />. Typically, there is not much to do
@@ -337,7 +336,7 @@
<phrase>Setup Interest Investment</phrase>
</textobject>
- <caption><para>This is an screen image of the <guilabel>Accounts</guilabel> tab after
+ <caption><para>This is a screen image of the <guilabel>Accounts</guilabel> tab after
creating a new file and selecting only the default investment
accounts. </para></caption>
</mediaobject>
@@ -381,7 +380,7 @@
contains prices for individual securities (not security accounts). All
prices for an individual security are in a single currency. If a
security is traded in multiple currencies, then a separate security and
- separate accounts should be set up of each currency.
+ separate accounts should be set up for each currency.
</para>
</sect2>
@@ -517,12 +516,12 @@ Income
<phrase>Setup Interest Investment</phrase>
</textobject>
- <caption><para>This is an image of the account register after the
- creation and investing in a CD investment. </para></caption>
+ <caption><para>This is an image of the account register after
+ creating and investing in a CD investment. </para></caption>
</mediaobject>
</screenshot>
- <para>Now, during the course of the next 6 month, you receive monthly
+ <para>Now, during the course of the next 6 months, you receive monthly
bank statements which describe the activity of your account. In our
fictional example, we do nothing with the money at this bank, so the
only activity is income from interest and bank charges. The monthly bank
@@ -785,7 +784,7 @@ Income
<listitem>
<para>The <guilabel>Symbol/abbreviation:</guilabel> is
- <quote>AMZN</quote>. The symbol is the stock ticket used in your
+ <quote>AMZN</quote>. The symbol is the stock ticker used in your
quote source several lines down on the form. Note that different
symbols will be utilized on different price sources for the same stock,
an example is Ericsson on the Stockholm Exchange is ERIC-B while
@@ -960,7 +959,7 @@ Income
<para>It is also possible to use <application>&app;</application> to
calculate <guilabel>Shares</guilabel> or <guilabel>Buy</guilabel> from
the other 2 columns but to avoid rounding errors, it is better to
- automaticaly calculate <guilabel>Price</guilabel>.
+ automatically calculate <guilabel>Price</guilabel>.
</para>
</note>
@@ -3834,7 +3833,7 @@ url="https://www.gnucash.org/docs/v&series-stable;/C/gnucash-help/tool-lots.html
in the transaction.</para>
<para>In our example it is a .77942 for 1 split so the number of shares will
decrease from the number of shares currently in the register. You may use <application>&app;</application>’s
- ability to preform calculations on an entry form by entering data directly
+ ability to perform calculations on an entry form by entering data directly
(E.g. <quote>(.77942*100)−100</quote>) to calculate the decrease in shares
from the split.</para>
</listitem>
Summary of changes:
guide/C/ch_bus_features.xml | 10 +++++-----
guide/C/ch_invest.xml | 19 +++++++++----------
2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
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