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From: Gavin D. Smith
Subject: branch master updated: * doc/texinfo.texi (Master Menu Parts, @pxref, @top command): Spelling and grammar fixes. From Benno.
Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2021 15:39:20 -0400

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     new a03ac5e  * doc/texinfo.texi (Master Menu Parts, @pxref, @top command): 
Spelling and grammar fixes.  From Benno.
a03ac5e is described below

commit a03ac5ebac24be9327c6516bbfcf461028c0e749
Author: Gavin Smith <gavinsmith0123@gmail.com>
AuthorDate: Mon Oct 18 20:39:07 2021 +0100

    * doc/texinfo.texi (Master Menu Parts, @pxref, @top command):
    Spelling and grammar fixes.  From Benno.
---
 ChangeLog        | 5 +++++
 doc/texinfo.texi | 8 ++++----
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 4d033a1..659797c 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2021-10-18  Gavin Smith  <gavinsmith0123@gmail.com>
+
+       * doc/texinfo.texi (Master Menu Parts, @pxref, @top command):
+       Spelling and grammar fixes.  From Benno.
+
 2021-10-11  Patrice Dumas  <pertusus@free.fr>
 
        * tp/texi2any.pl (_get_converter_default): use existing variable name.
diff --git a/doc/texinfo.texi b/doc/texinfo.texi
index c721483..2c833da 100644
--- a/doc/texinfo.texi
+++ b/doc/texinfo.texi
@@ -2414,7 +2414,7 @@ appendices, followed by nodes for the indices.
 @findex detailmenu
 @cindex Detailed menu
 
-You may choose to follow these entries with a @dfn{defailed menu}.
+You may choose to follow these entries with a @dfn{detailed menu}.
 This lists other, lower-level nodes, often ordered by chapter.
 These items may be a convenience for an inquirer who can go directly
 to a particular node when searching for specific information, rather
@@ -2965,7 +2965,7 @@ It produces the same sort of output as @code{@@unnumbered}
 it is never lowered and nothing can be raised to it
 (@pxref{Raise/lower sections}).
 
-It used to be conventionial to wrap the @samp{Top} node
+It used to be conventional to wrap the @samp{Top} node
 in an @code{@@ifnottex} conditional so that it would not appear in 
 @TeX{} output (@pxref{Conditionals}).  Thus, a Top node often looked 
 like this:
@@ -4805,8 +4805,8 @@ In past versions of Texinfo, it was not allowed to write 
punctuation
 after a @code{@@pxref}, so it could be used @emph{only} before a
 right parenthesis.  This is no longer the case.
 The effect of @samp{@@pxref@{@var{node-name}@}} is similar to that of
-@samp{see @@ref@{@var{node-name}@}}.  However, in many circumstance the
-latter is preferrable, as this makes it clear in the Info output that 
+@samp{see @@ref@{@var{node-name}@}}.  However, in many circumstances the
+latter is preferable, as this makes it clear in the Info output that 
 the word ``see'' should be present.
 
 



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