-.\" $Id: mdoc.7,v 1.122 2010/06/07 11:01:15 kristaps Exp $
+.\" $Id: mdoc.7,v 1.124 2010/06/07 12:20:07 kristaps Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 2009 Kristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@bsd.lv>
.\"
whether in a macro or free-form text line, is ignored to the end of
line. A macro line with only a control character and comment escape,
.Sq \&.\e" ,
-is also ignored. Macro lines with only a control charater and optionally
+is also ignored. Macro lines with only a control character and optionally
whitespace are stripped from input.
.Ss Reserved Characters
Within a macro line, the following characters are reserved:
.Dq predefined strings ,
which, like
.Sx Special Characters ,
-demark special output characters and strings by way of input codes.
+mark special output characters and strings by way of input codes.
Predefined strings are escaped with the slash-asterisk,
.Sq \e* :
single-character
before
.Sx \&Fo
or
-.Sx \&Fn ) ,
+.Sx \&Fn ) ,
they are separated by a vertical space, unless in the case of
.Sx \&Fo ,
.Sx \&Fn ,
.Sx \&Aq .
.Ss \&Ap
Inserts an apostrophe without any surrounding white-space.
-This is generally used as a grammatic device when referring to the verb
+This is generally used as a grammatical device when referring to the verb
form of a function:
.Bd -literal -offset indent
\&.Fn execve Ap d
Subsequent this, only the
.Sq \&Ta
pseudo-macro may be used to delimit phrases.
-Furthermore, note that quoted sections propogate over tab-delimited
+Furthermore, note that quoted sections propagate over tab-delimited
phrases on an
.Sx \&It ,
for example,
section, in which case a variable name is also specified.
Note that it accepts
.Sx Block partial-implicit
-syntax when invoked as the first macro in the
+syntax when invoked as the first macro in the
.Em SYNOPSIS
section, else it accepts ordinary
.Sx In-line
.Sx \&Fn
in the
.Em SYNOPSIS :
-at times newline(s) are suppressed dependong on whether a prior
+at times newline(s) are suppressed depending on whether a prior
.Sx \&Fn
has been invoked.
In mandoc, this is not the case.
.Fl right
are aliases for
.Fl left
-in manodc. Furthermore, the
+in mandoc. Furthermore, the
.Fl file Ar file
argument is ignored.
Lastly, since text is not right-justified in mandoc (or even groff),