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diff --git a/doc/lispref/strings.texi b/doc/lispref/strings.texi
index f42250719e5b7615e9b73ab67c0195ae30f70d4e..b2fe60c93cc8119e3f98ca08280bdb5d5795d8b8 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/lispref/strings.texi
+++ b/doc/lispref/strings.texi
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ three previous examples are rarely relevant:
 @end example
 
 Somewhat odd, but predictable, behavior can occur for certain
-``non-greedy'' values of @var{separators} that can prefer empty
+non-greedy values of @var{separators} that can prefer empty
 matches over non-empty matches.  Again, such values rarely occur in
 practice:
 
@@ -644,7 +644,7 @@ string.  Likewise, the specified part of @var{string2} runs from index
 @var{start2} up to index @var{end2}.
 
 The strings are compared by the numeric values of their characters.
-For instance, @var{str1} is considered ``smaller than'' @var{str2} if
+For instance, @var{str1} is considered less than @var{str2} if
 its first differing character has a smaller numeric value.  If
 @var{ignore-case} is non-@code{nil}, characters are converted to
 lower-case before comparing them.  Unibyte strings are converted to
@@ -685,7 +685,7 @@ against a string, can be used for a kind of string comparison; see
 strings and integers.  @code{format} (@pxref{Formatting Strings}) and
 @code{prin1-to-string} (@pxref{Output Functions}) can also convert
 Lisp objects into strings.  @code{read-from-string} (@pxref{Input
-Functions}) can ``convert'' a string representation of a Lisp object
+Functions}) can convert a string representation of a Lisp object
 into an object.  The functions @code{string-to-multibyte} and
 @code{string-to-unibyte} convert the text representation of a string
 (@pxref{Converting Representations}).
@@ -990,7 +990,7 @@ numbers and negative numbers use the same number of columns.  They are
 ignored except for @samp{%d}, @samp{%e}, @samp{%f}, @samp{%g}, and if
 both flags are used, @samp{+} takes precedence.
 
-  The flag @samp{#} specifies an ``alternate form'' which depends on
+  The flag @samp{#} specifies an alternate form which depends on
 the format in use.  For @samp{%o}, it ensures that the result begins
 with a @samp{0}.  For @samp{%x} and @samp{%X}, it prefixes the result
 with @samp{0x} or @samp{0X}.  For @samp{%e}, @samp{%f}, and @samp{%g},
@@ -1245,8 +1245,8 @@ Exits}).
 
   Some language environments modify the case conversions of
 @acronym{ASCII} characters; for example, in the Turkish language
-environment, the @acronym{ASCII} character @samp{I} is downcased into
-a Turkish ``dotless i''.  This can interfere with code that requires
+environment, the @acronym{ASCII} capital I is downcased into
+a Turkish dotless i (@samp{ı}).  This can interfere with code that requires
 ordinary @acronym{ASCII} case conversion, such as implementations of
 @acronym{ASCII}-based network protocols.  In that case, use the
 @code{with-case-table} macro with the variable @var{ascii-case-table},