Fixing typos, adding @c input:validate to code examples

1 files changed, 29 insertions, 29 deletions

diff --git a/doc/ledger3.texi b/doc/ledger3.texi
index d0b1ab54..4e434220 100644
--- a/doc/ledger3.texi
+++ b/doc/ledger3.texi
@@ -240,9 +240,9 @@ accounting tools.
 The next step up from a checkbook journal, is a journal that keeps
 track of all your accounts, not just checking.  In such a journal, you
 record not only who gets paid---in the case of a debit---but where the
-money came from.  In a checkbook journal, its assumed that all the
+money came from.  In a checkbook journal, it's assumed that all the
 money comes from your checking account.  But in a general journal, you
-write posting two-lines: the source account and target account.
+write postings in two lines: the source account and target account.
 @emph{There must always be a debit from at least one account for every
 credit made to another account}.  This is what is meant by
 ``double-entry'' accounting: the journal must always balance to zero,
@@ -288,8 +288,8 @@ Most private people consider an account to be something that holds
 money at an institution for them.  Ledger uses a more general
 definition of the word.  An account is anywhere money can go.  Other
 finance programs use ``categories'', Ledger uses accounts. So, for
-example, if you buy some groceries at Trader Joe's then more groceries
-at Whole Foods Markets you might assign the transactions like this
+example, if you buy some groceries at Trader Joe's, then more groceries
+at Whole Food Market, you might assign the transactions like this
 
 @smallexample @c input:validate
 2011/03/15   Trader Joe's
@@ -385,14 +385,14 @@ $ ./configure && make install
 
 Ledger has a complete online help system based on GNU Info.  This
 manual can be searched directly from the command line using the
-following options: @code{ledger --help} bring up this entire manual in
-your tty.
+following options: @code{ledger --help} brings up this entire manual in
+your TTY.
 
 If you need help on how to use Ledger, or run into problems, you can
 join the Ledger mailing list at
 @url{http://groups.google.com/group/ledger-cli}.
 
-You can also find help at the @code{#ledger} channel on the IRC server
+You can also find help in the @code{#ledger} channel on the IRC server
 @code{irc.freenode.net}.
 
 @node Ledger Tutorial, Principles of Accounting with Ledger, Introduction to Ledger, Top
@@ -430,11 +430,11 @@ If you would rather start with your own journal right away please
 Please note that as a command line program, Ledger is controlled from
 your shell.  There are several different command shells that all
 behave slightly differently with respect to some special characters.
-In particular, the BASH shell will interpret @samp{$} signs
+In particular, the ``bash'' shell will interpret @samp{$} signs
 differently than ledger and they must be escaped to reach the actual
-program.  Another example is zsh, which will interpret @samp{^}
+program.  Another example is ``zsh'', which will interpret @samp{^}
 differently than ledger expects.  In all cases that follow you should
-take that into account when entering the command line arguments given.
+take that into account when entering the command line arguments as given.
 There are too many variations between shells to give concrete examples
 for each.
 
@@ -645,7 +645,7 @@ shows the ``cleared'' balance.
 @cindex currency symbol display on windows
 
 Using ledger under the windows command shell has one significant
-limitation.  CMD.exe is limited to standard ASCII characters and as
+limitation.  CMD.EXE is limited to standard ASCII characters and as
 such cannot display any currency symbols other than dollar signs
 @samp{$}.
 
@@ -669,9 +669,9 @@ such cannot display any currency symbols other than dollar signs
 
 Accounting is simply tracking your money.  It can range from nothing,
 and just waiting for automatic overdraft protection to kick in, or
-not, to a full blown double entry accounting system.  Ledger
+not, to a full-blown double-entry accounting system.  Ledger
 accomplishes the latter.  With ledger you can handle your personal
-finances or your businesses.  Double-entry accounting scales.
+finances or your business's.  Double-entry accounting scales.
 
 @node Stating where money goes, Assets and Liabilities, Accounting with Ledger, Principles of Accounting with Ledger
 @section Stating where money goes
@@ -1030,7 +1030,7 @@ be any commodity, in which case the balance will be computed in terms
 of that commodity.  The usual way to specify prices is with a price
 history file, which might look like this:
 
-@smallexample
+@smallexample @c input:validate
 P 2004/06/21 02:18:01 FEQTX $22.49
 P 2004/06/21 02:18:01 BORL $6.20
 P 2004/06/21 02:18:02 AAPL $32.91
@@ -1088,7 +1088,7 @@ that commodity on that day.  It is also possible, by recording price
 details in a ledger file, to specify other prices for commodities at
 any given time.  Such price transactions might look like those below:
 
-@smallexample
+@smallexample @c input:validate
 P 2004/06/21 02:17:58 TWCUX $27.76
 P 2004/06/21 02:17:59 AGTHX $25.41
 P 2004/06/21 02:18:00 OPTFX $39.31
@@ -1141,7 +1141,7 @@ other equivalencies is simple.  The following is an example that
 creates data equivalencies, helpful for tracking bytes, kilobytes,
 megabytes, and more:
 
-@smallexample
+@smallexample @c input:validate
 C 1.00 Kb = 1024 b
 C 1.00 Mb = 1024 Kb
 C 1.00 Gb = 1024 Mb
@@ -1182,8 +1182,8 @@ Tavern in order to add to your Inventory account.  Note that you don't
 have to use @samp{Places:Black's Tavern} as the source account.  You
 could use @samp{EverQuest:System} to represent the fact that you
 acquired them online.  The only purpose for choosing one kind of
-source account over another is for generate more informative reports
-later on.  The more you know, the better analysis you can perform.
+source account over another is to generate more informative reports
+later on.  The more you know, the better the analysis you can perform.
 
 If you later sell some of these items to another player, the
 transaction would look like:
@@ -1216,9 +1216,9 @@ account---because starting balances can't come out of nowhere.
 When you first start your ledger, you will likely already have money
 in some of your accounts.  Let's say there's $100 in your checking
 account; then add a transaction to your ledger to reflect this amount.
-Where will money come from?  The answer: your equity.
+Where will the money come from?  The answer: your equity.
 
-@smallexample
+@smallexample @c input:validate
 10/2  Opening Balance
     Assets:Checking                         $100.00
     Equity:Opening Balances
@@ -1258,7 +1258,7 @@ One solution is: don't bother.  Move your spending to a debit card,
 but in general ignore cash.  Once you withdraw it from the ATM, mark
 it as already spent to an @samp{Expenses:Cash} category:
 
-@smallexample
+@smallexample @c input:validate
 2004/03/15 ATM
     Expenses:Cash                      $100.00
     Assets:Checking
@@ -1268,7 +1268,7 @@ If at some point you make a large cash expense that you want to track,
 just @emph{move} the amount of the expense from @samp{Expenses:Cash}
 into the target account:
 
-@smallexample
+@smallexample @c input:validate
 2004/03/20 Somebody
     Expenses:Food                       $65.00
     Expenses:Cash
@@ -1302,7 +1302,7 @@ reserves resources for later:
 @item Community fund
 @end itemize
 
-The problem with this kind of setup is that when you spend money, it
+The problem with this kind of setup is that, when you spend money, it
 comes from two or more places at once: the account and the fund.  And
 yet, the correlation of amounts between funds and accounts is rarely
 one-to-one.  What if the school fund has @samp{$500.00}, but
@@ -1395,7 +1395,7 @@ into, and spend money from, the @samp{Funds:School} fund:
     Assets:Checking                   $100.00
     Income:Donations
 
-2004/03/25 (Funds:Teachers) Donations
+2004/03/25 (Funds:Building) Donations
     Assets:Checking                   $20.00
     Income:Donations
 
@@ -1405,13 +1405,13 @@ into, and spend money from, the @samp{Funds:School} fund:
 @end smallexample
 
 Note how the accounts now relate only to the real accounts, and any
-balance or registers reports will reflect this.  That the transactions
+balance or register reports will reflect this.  That the transactions
 relate to a particular fund is kept only in the code.
 
 @findex --payee=code
 @findex --by-payee
 How does this become a fund report?  By using the
-@option{--code-as-payee} option, you can generate a register report
+@option{--payee=code} option, you can generate a register report
 where the payee for each posting shows the code.  Alone, this is not
 terribly interesting; but when combined with the @option{--by-payee
 (-P)} option, you will now see account subtotals for any postings
@@ -1423,8 +1423,8 @@ $ ledger --payee=code -P reg ^Assets
 @end smallexample
 
 @smallexample @c output:AD068BA
-04-Mar-25 Funds:School          Assets:Checking              $50.00       $50.00
-04-Mar-25 Funds:Teachers        Assets:Checking              $20.00       $70.00
+04-Mar-25 Funds:Building        Assets:Checking              $20.00       $20.00
+04-Mar-25 Funds:School          Assets:Checking              $50.00       $70.00
 @end smallexample
 
 Or to see a particular fund's expenses, the @samp{School} fund in this
@@ -1492,7 +1492,7 @@ posting.
 @section The Most Basic Entry
 
 Here is the Pacific Bell example from above, given as a Ledger
-posting, with the additional of a check number:
+posting, with the addition of a check number:
 
 @smallexample @c input:validate
 9/29 (1023) Pacific Bell