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[Brian Murray <brian@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Brian Murray has proposed merging lp:~brian-murray/ubuntu-packaging-guide/grammar into lp:ubuntu-packaging-guide.

Requested reviews:
  Ubuntu Packaging Guide Team (ubuntu-packaging-guide-team)

For more details, see:
https://code.launchpad.net/~brian-murray/ubuntu-packaging-guide/grammar/+merge/63442

Some string or grammar fixes I found while reading the guide.
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https://code.launchpad.net/~brian-murray/ubuntu-packaging-guide/grammar/+merge/63442
Your team Ubuntu Packaging Guide Team is requested to review the proposed merge of lp:~brian-murray/ubuntu-packaging-guide/grammar into lp:ubuntu-packaging-guide.

=== modified file 'fixing-a-bug.rst'
--- fixing-a-bug.rst	2011-04-04 14:19:21 +0000
+++ fixing-a-bug.rst	2011-06-03 22:11:18 +0000
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@
 just omit the step to sign the source package) and ``pbuilder-dist`` will
 build the package from source for whatever ``release`` you choose.
 
-Once the build succeeded, install the package from 
+Once the build succeeds, install the package from 
 ``~/pbuilder/<release>_result/`` (using ``sudo dpkg -i 
 <package>_<version>.deb``).  Then test to see if the bug is fixed.
 
@@ -143,12 +143,12 @@
 what your assumptions were. Every Debian and Ubuntu package source includes 
 ``debian/changelog``, where changes of each uploaded package are tracked.
 
-The easiest way to do this is to run::
+The easiest way to update this is to run::
 
   $ dch -i
 
 This will add a boilerplate changelog entry for you and launch an editor 
-where you can fill out the blanks. An example of this could be::
+where you can fill in the blanks. An example of this could be::
 
   specialpackage (1.2-3ubuntu4) natty; urgency=low
 

=== modified file 'getting-set-up.rst'
--- getting-set-up.rst	2011-04-04 14:19:21 +0000
+++ getting-set-up.rst	2011-06-03 22:11:18 +0000
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@
 
     $ source ~/.bashrc
 
-(If you use a different than the default shell, which is `bash`, please edit
+(If you do not use the default shell, which is `bash`, please edit
 the configuration file for that shell accordingly.)
 
 

=== modified file 'udd-intro.rst'
--- udd-intro.rst	2011-02-07 15:34:46 +0000
+++ udd-intro.rst	2011-06-03 22:11:18 +0000
@@ -194,8 +194,8 @@
 
 When you want to do something like a `stable release update`_ (SRU), or you
 just want to examine the code in an old release, you'll want to grab the
-branch corresponding to a particular pocket in a particular Ubuntu release.
-For example, to get the Tomboy package for Maverick do::
+branch corresponding to a particular Ubuntu release.  For example, to get the
+Tomboy package for Maverick do::
 
     $ bzr branch ubuntu:m/tomboy maverick