linux-ext4 - [PATCH 4/6] chattr.1: fix some grammatical errors

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Date:   Sun, 17 Nov 2019 17:48:50 -0800
From:   Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...nel.org>
To:     linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 4/6] chattr.1: fix some grammatical errors

From: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...gle.com>

- "can only be open" => "can only be opened"
- "is not candidate" => "is not a candidate"
- "written ... on the disk" => "written ... to the disk"

Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...gle.com>
---
 misc/chattr.1.in | 12 ++++++------
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/misc/chattr.1.in b/misc/chattr.1.in
index 1baacf17..cc751fe8 100644
--- a/misc/chattr.1.in
+++ b/misc/chattr.1.in
@@ -79,9 +79,9 @@ Set the file's version/generation number.
 .BI \-p " project"
 Set the file's project number.
 .SH ATTRIBUTES
-A file with the 'a' attribute set can only be open in append mode for writing.
-Only the superuser or a process possessing the CAP_LINUX_IMMUTABLE
-capability can set or clear this attribute.
+A file with the 'a' attribute set can only be opened in append mode for
+writing.  Only the superuser or a process possessing the
+CAP_LINUX_IMMUTABLE capability can set or clear this attribute.
 .PP
 When a file with the 'A' attribute set is accessed, its atime record is
 not modified.  This avoids a certain amount of disk I/O for laptop
@@ -102,12 +102,12 @@ be fully stable.  If the 'C' flag is set on a directory, it will have no
 effect on the directory, but new files created in that directory will
 have the No_COW attribute set.)
 .PP
-A file with the 'd' attribute set is not candidate for backup when the
+A file with the 'd' attribute set is not a candidate for backup when the
 .BR dump (8)
 program is run.
 .PP
 When a directory with the 'D' attribute set is modified,
-the changes are written synchronously on the disk; this is equivalent to
+the changes are written synchronously to the disk; this is equivalent to
 the 'dirsync' mount option applied to a subset of the files.
 .PP
 The 'e' attribute indicates that the file is using extents for mapping
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ and written back to the disk.  Note: please make sure to read the bugs
 and limitations section at the end of this document.
 .PP
 When a file with the 'S' attribute set is modified,
-the changes are written synchronously on the disk; this is equivalent to
+the changes are written synchronously to the disk; this is equivalent to
 the 'sync' mount option applied to a subset of the files.
 .PP
 A file with the 't' attribute will not have a partial block fragment at
-- 
2.24.0