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@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ as `readonly' so that filesystem consistency check programs (fsck)
can do their work on a quiescent file system.
No processes can
write to files on the filesystem in question until it is `remounted'
-as read/write capable, e.g., by `mount \-w \-n \-o remount /'.
+as read/write capable, for example, by `mount \-w \-n \-o remount /'.
(See also
.BR mount (8).)
@@ -383,7 +383,7 @@ and an initial ramdisk; then the kernel converts initrd into
a "normal" ramdisk, which is mounted read-write as root device;
then /linuxrc is executed; afterwards the "real" root file system is mounted,
and the initrd filesystem is moved over to /initrd; finally
-the usual boot sequence (e.g. invocation of /sbin/init) is performed.
+the usual boot sequence (e.g., invocation of /sbin/init) is performed.
For a detailed description of the initrd feature, see
.IR /usr/src/linux/Documentation/initrd.txt .
@@ -754,7 +754,7 @@ The standard disk driver can accept geometry arguments for the disks
similar to the IDE driver.
Note however that it only expects three
values (C/H/S); any more or any less and it will silently ignore you.
-Also, it only accepts `hd=' as an argument, i.e. `hda='
+Also, it only accepts `hd=' as an argument, that is, `hda='
and so on are not valid here.
The format is as follows:
.IP
@@ -1128,7 +1128,7 @@ You can tell the printer driver what ports to use and what ports not
to use.
The latter comes in handy if you don't want the printer driver
to claim all available parallel ports, so that other drivers
-(e.g. PLIP, PPA) can use them instead.
+(e.g., PLIP, PPA) can use them instead.
The format of the argument is multiple port names.
For example,