if the variable @code{highlight-nonselected-windows} is
non-@code{nil}, each window highlights its own region.
- There is another kind of region: the ``rectangular region''.
+ There is another kind of region: the rectangular region.
@xref{Rectangles}.
@menu
the above example.
Instead of setting the mark in order to operate on a region, you can
-also use it to ``remember'' a position in the buffer (by typing
+also use it to remember a position in the buffer (by typing
@kbd{C-@key{SPC} C-@key{SPC}}), and later jump back there (by typing
@kbd{C-u C-@key{SPC}}). @xref{Mark Ring}, for details.
behavior. Such commands usually have the word @code{region} in their
names, like @kbd{C-w} (@code{kill-region}) and @code{C-x C-u}
(@code{upcase-region}). If the mark is inactive, they operate on the
-``inactive region''---that is, on the text between point and the
+@dfn{inactive region}---that is, on the text between point and the
position at which the mark was last set (@pxref{Mark Ring}). To
disable this behavior, change the variable
@code{mark-even-if-inactive} to @code{nil}. Then these commands will