@end deffn
@deffn Command word-search-forward string &optional limit noerror repeat
-This function searches forward from point for a ``word'' match for
+This function searches forward from point for a word match for
@var{string}. If it finds a match, it sets point to the end of the
match found, and returns the new value of point.
@item @samp{*?}, @samp{+?}, @samp{??}
@cindex non-greedy repetition characters in regexp
-These are ``non-greedy'' variants of the operators @samp{*}, @samp{+}
+These are non-greedy variants of the operators @samp{*}, @samp{+}
and @samp{?}. Where those operators match the largest possible
substring (consistent with matching the entire containing expression),
the non-greedy variants match the smallest possible substring
@defun looking-at regexp
This function determines whether the text in the current buffer directly
following point matches the regular expression @var{regexp}. ``Directly
-following'' means precisely that: the search is ``anchored'' and it can
+following'' means precisely that: the search is anchored and it can
succeed only starting with the first character following point. The
result is @code{t} if so, @code{nil} otherwise.
@itemize @bullet
@item
-The ``key bindings'' are not commands, just symbols that are meaningful
+The key bindings are not commands, just symbols that are meaningful
to the functions that use this map.
@item
Prefix keys are not supported; each key binding must be for a
single-event key sequence. This is because the functions don't use
@code{read-key-sequence} to get the input; instead, they read a single
-event and look it up ``by hand''.
+event and look it up by hand.
@end itemize
@end defvar
-Here are the meaningful ``bindings'' for @code{query-replace-map}.
+Here are the meaningful bindings for @code{query-replace-map}.
Several of them are meaningful only for @code{query-replace} and
friends.
@defvar multi-query-replace-map
This variable holds a keymap that extends @code{query-replace-map} by
providing additional keybindings that are useful in multi-buffer
-replacements. The additional ``bindings'' are:
+replacements. The additional bindings are:
@table @code
@item automatic-all