-

10 files changed, 24 insertions, 24 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/org/ChangeLog.1 b/lisp/org/ChangeLog.1
index 57a427c30d4..ccc849d226a 100644
--- a/lisp/org/ChangeLog.1
+++ b/lisp/org/ChangeLog.1
@@ -32528,7 +32528,7 @@
         (org-export-normalize-links)
         (org-export-concatenate-multiline-links)
         (org-export-concatenate-multiline-emphasis): New functions,
-        obtained from spliting the export preprocessor.
+        obtained from splitting the export preprocessor.
 
         * org-table.el (org-table-recalculate): Improve error message if
         the row number is invalid.
diff --git a/lisp/org/org-crypt.el b/lisp/org/org-crypt.el
index 22b02c84889..8abe32befe0 100644
--- a/lisp/org/org-crypt.el
+++ b/lisp/org/org-crypt.el
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ See `org-crypt-disable-auto-save'."
             ;; outline property starts at the \n of the heading.
             (delete-region (1- (point)) end)
             ;; Store a checksum of the decrypted and the encrypted
-            ;; text value.  This allow to reuse the same encrypted text
+            ;; text value.  This allow reusing the same encrypted text
             ;; if the text does not change, and therefore avoid a
             ;; re-encryption process.
             (insert "\n" (propertize decrypted-text
diff --git a/lisp/org/org-element.el b/lisp/org/org-element.el
index e47d65f1037..a19f52c7923 100644
--- a/lisp/org/org-element.el
+++ b/lisp/org/org-element.el
@@ -367,8 +367,8 @@ still has an entry since one of its properties (`:title') does.")
 ;; Provide four accessors: `org-element-type', `org-element-property'
 ;; `org-element-contents' and `org-element-restriction'.
 ;;
-;; Setter functions allow to modify elements by side effect.  There is
-;; `org-element-put-property', `org-element-set-contents',
+;; Setter functions allow modification of elements by side effect.
+;; There is `org-element-put-property', `org-element-set-contents',
 ;; `org-element-set-element' and `org-element-adopt-element'.  Note
 ;; that `org-element-set-element' and `org-element-adopt-elements' are
 ;; higher level functions since also update `:parent' property.
@@ -487,7 +487,7 @@ Return parent element."
 ;; cannot contain other greater elements of their own type.
 ;;
 ;; Beside implementing a parser and an interpreter, adding a new
-;; greater element requires to tweak `org-element--current-element'.
+;; greater element requires tweaking `org-element--current-element'.
 ;; Moreover, the newly defined type must be added to both
 ;; `org-element-all-elements' and `org-element-greater-elements'.
 
@@ -4023,8 +4023,8 @@ position of point and CDR is nil."
 ;; `org-element-parse-secondary-string', which parses objects within
 ;; a given string.
 ;;
-;; The (almost) almighty `org-element-map' allows to apply a function
-;; on elements or objects matching some type, and accumulate the
+;; The (almost) almighty `org-element-map' allows applying a function
+;; on elements or objects matching some type, and accumulating the
 ;; resulting values.  In an export situation, it also skips unneeded
 ;; parts of the parse tree.
 
diff --git a/lisp/org/org-feed.el b/lisp/org/org-feed.el
index 2d71c8b6fcc..6d6f996954a 100644
--- a/lisp/org/org-feed.el
+++ b/lisp/org/org-feed.el
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 ;;
 ;;; Commentary:
 ;;
-;;  This module allows to create and change entries in an Org-mode
+;;  This module allows entries to be created and changed in an Org-mode
 ;;  file triggered by items in an RSS feed.  The basic functionality is
 ;;  geared toward simply adding new items found in a feed as outline nodes
 ;;  to an Org file.  Using hooks, arbitrary actions can be triggered for
diff --git a/lisp/org/org-mobile.el b/lisp/org/org-mobile.el
index b11f4448a8d..f535390790f 100644
--- a/lisp/org/org-mobile.el
+++ b/lisp/org/org-mobile.el
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ org-agenda-text-search-extra-files
 Encryption uses AES-256, with a password given in
 `org-mobile-encryption-password'.
 When nil, plain files are kept on the server.
-Turning on encryption requires to set the same password in the MobileOrg
+Turning on encryption requires setting the same password in the MobileOrg
 application.  Before turning this on, check of MobileOrg does already
 support it - at the time of this writing it did not yet."
   :group 'org-mobile
diff --git a/lisp/org/org.el b/lisp/org/org.el
index 960b874bc7e..6e7d54d39c0 100644
--- a/lisp/org/org.el
+++ b/lisp/org/org.el
@@ -2254,7 +2254,7 @@ fast, while still showing the whole path to the entry."
   :type 'boolean)
 
 (defcustom org-refile-allow-creating-parent-nodes nil
-  "Non-nil means allow to create new nodes as refile targets.
+  "Non-nil means allow the creation of new nodes as refile targets.
 New nodes are then created by adding \"/new node name\" to the completion
 of an existing node.  When the value of this variable is `confirm',
 new node creation must be confirmed by the user (recommended).
diff --git a/lisp/org/ox-ascii.el b/lisp/org/ox-ascii.el
index 1907dc0c748..dcca608b306 100644
--- a/lisp/org/ox-ascii.el
+++ b/lisp/org/ox-ascii.el
@@ -35,10 +35,10 @@
 
 ;;; Define Back-End
 ;;
-;; The following setting won't allow to modify preferred charset
+;; The following setting won't allow modifying preferred charset
 ;; through a buffer keyword or an option item, but, since the property
-;; will appear in communication channel nonetheless, it allows to
-;; override `org-ascii-charset' variable on the fly by the ext-plist
+;; will appear in communication channel nonetheless, it allows
+;; overriding `org-ascii-charset' variable on the fly by the ext-plist
 ;; mechanism.
 ;;
 ;; We also install a filter for headlines and sections, in order to
diff --git a/lisp/org/ox-icalendar.el b/lisp/org/ox-icalendar.el
index 44480673db8..0d34ba19f45 100644
--- a/lisp/org/ox-icalendar.el
+++ b/lisp/org/ox-icalendar.el
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ for timed events.  If non-zero, alarms are created.
 
 (defcustom org-icalendar-exclude-tags nil
   "Tags that exclude a tree from export.
-This variable allows to specify different exclude tags from other
+This variable allows specifying different exclude tags from other
 back-ends.  It can also be set with the ICAL_EXCLUDE_TAGS
 keyword."
   :group 'org-export-icalendar
diff --git a/lisp/org/ox-publish.el b/lisp/org/ox-publish.el
index ec33bbda52d..38fdce1d0bf 100644
--- a/lisp/org/ox-publish.el
+++ b/lisp/org/ox-publish.el
@@ -1078,7 +1078,7 @@ publishing directory."
   "Return numbering for headline matching FUZZY search in FILE.
 
 Return value is a list of numbers, or nil.  This function allows
-to resolve external fuzzy links like:
+the resolution of external fuzzy links like:
 
   [[file.org::*fuzzy][description]]"
   (when org-publish-cache
diff --git a/lisp/org/ox.el b/lisp/org/ox.el
index cc5a2d2bcf2..89d79738a63 100644
--- a/lisp/org/ox.el
+++ b/lisp/org/ox.el
@@ -775,7 +775,7 @@ is nil.  You can also allow them through local buffer variables."
 (defcustom org-export-snippet-translation-alist nil
   "Alist between export snippets back-ends and exporter back-ends.
 
-This variable allows to provide shortcuts for export snippets.
+This variable allows providing shortcuts for export snippets.
 
 For example, with a value of \((\"h\" . \"html\")), the
 HTML back-end will recognize the contents of \"@@h:<b>@@\" as
@@ -849,7 +849,7 @@ output is restricted to body only, \"s\" when it is restricted to
 the current subtree, \"v\" when only visible elements are
 considered for export, \"f\" when publishing functions should be
 passed the FORCE argument and \"a\" when the export should be
-asynchronous).  Also, [?] allows to switch back to standard
+asynchronous).  Also, [?] allows switching back to standard
 mode."
   :group 'org-export-general
   :version "24.4"
@@ -3657,9 +3657,9 @@ INFO is the plist used as a communication channel."
 ;; `org-export-get-relative-level' is a shortcut to get headline
 ;; level, relatively to the lower headline level in the parsed tree.
 ;;
-;; `org-export-get-headline-number' returns the section number of an
-;; headline, while `org-export-number-to-roman' allows to convert it
-;; to roman numbers.
+;; `org-export-get-headline-number' returns the section number of a
+;; headline, while `org-export-number-to-roman' allows it to be
+;; converted to roman numbers.
 ;;
 ;; `org-export-low-level-p', `org-export-first-sibling-p' and
 ;; `org-export-last-sibling-p' are three useful predicates when it
@@ -4093,8 +4093,8 @@ Otherwise, only provided element's type is considered.
 Optional argument PREDICATE is a function returning a non-nil
 value if the current element or object should be counted in.  It
 accepts two arguments: the element or object being considered and
-the plist used as a communication channel.  This allows to count
-only a certain type of objects (i.e. inline images).
+the plist used as a communication channel.  This allows counting
+only a certain type of object (i.e. inline images).
 
 Return value is a list of numbers if ELEMENT is a headline or an
 item.  It is nil for keywords.  It represents the footnote number
@@ -5458,7 +5458,7 @@ to `:default' encoding. If it fails, return S."
 ;; returned results in the current process.
 ;;
 ;; At a higher level, `org-export-to-buffer' and `org-export-to-file'
-;; allow to export to a buffer or a file, asynchronously or not.
+;; allow exporting to a buffer or a file, asynchronously or not.
 ;;
 ;; `org-export-output-file-name' is an auxiliary function meant to be
 ;; used with `org-export-to-file'.  With a given extension, it tries
@@ -5985,7 +5985,7 @@ is nil when this menu hasn't been selected yet.
 
 EXPERTP, when non-nil, triggers expert UI.  In that case, no help
 buffer is provided, but indications about currently active
-options are given in the prompt.  Moreover, [?] allows to switch
+options are given in the prompt.  Moreover, [?] allows switching
 back to standard interface."
   (let* ((fontify-key
           (lambda (key &optional access-key)