Minor (possible) English typos and suggestions
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Hello, dear handbook maintainers. Below is a listing of some excerpts from this documentation entry (i.e. <a href="/wiki/Handbook:Main_Page" title="Handbook:Main Page">Handbook:Main_Page</a>) in which I am inclined to believe there may be typos.
Disclaimer: English is not my first language and I may have interpreted some or all of the listed things in a wrong way. If so, I apologize upfront. Thank you for the consideration.
- <a href="/wiki/Handbook:Main_Page#PPC_Handbook" title="Handbook:Main Page">Handbook:Main_Page#PPC_Handbook</a>: the final sentence reads "Readers of this handbook may which to take a look at (...)" . I believe wish was intended where it currently reads which.
- <a href="/wiki/Handbook:Main_Page#PPC64_Handbook" title="Handbook:Main Page">Handbook:Main_Page#PPC64_Handbook</a>: the final sentence also reads "Readers of this handbook may which to take a look at (...)" . Again, I believe which was supposed to read wish.
- <a href="/wiki/Handbook:Main_Page#Can.27t_the_Handbook_be_dynamically_generated_for_each_installation_choice.3F" title="Handbook:Main Page">Handbook:Main_Page#Can't_the_Handbook_be_dynamically_generated_for_each_installation_choice?</a>: the end of the second paragraph reads " (...) and alternate init systems are explained other areas around the wiki in publicly modifiable namespace (hint: anyone with wiki account can edit them!). " As a non-native English speaker I must say that I missed some elements. Personally, I would rewrite this as something like (changes highlighted): " (...) and alternate init systems are explained in other areas around the wiki in publicly modifiable namespaces (hint: anyone with a wiki account can edit them!). "
- <a href="/wiki/Handbook:Main_Page#Can.27t_the_Handbook_be_dynamically_generated_for_each_installation_choice.3F" title="Handbook:Main Page">Handbook:Main_Page#Can't_the_Handbook_be_dynamically_generated_for_each_installation_choice?</a>: the final paragraph reads " We ask our readers to search wiki and discover what is already available (...) ". Since the wiki being referred here is very well determined, I miss a the before the word wiki, resulting in something like " (...) to search the wiki (...) ".
- <a href="/wiki/Handbook:Main_Page#Can.27t_the_Handbook_be_dynamically_generated_for_each_installation_choice.3F" title="Handbook:Main Page">Handbook:Main_Page#Can't_the_Handbook_be_dynamically_generated_for_each_installation_choice?</a>: the final paragraph also reads " (...) before requesting a new section or addition to be added to the Handbook. " The word addition feels somewhat out of place, especially with the verb added so close to it. I believe something on the lines of " (...) before requesting the addition of a new section to the Handbook. " could read better. Or if new additions are not necessarily in the form of sections, then something like " (...) before requesting a new section or addition to the Handbook. " could suffice.
- <a href="/wiki/Handbook:Main_Page#Can.27t_the_Handbook_be_dynamically_generated_for_each_installation_choice.3F" title="Handbook:Main Page">Handbook:Main_Page#Can't_the_Handbook_be_dynamically_generated_for_each_installation_choice?</a>: still under the final paragraph it reads " If you believe a new generic section is necessary to add to the Handbook, (...) ", maybe it would compose better with the previous sentence if it read something along the lines of " If you still believe it necessary to add a new generic section to the Handbook, (...) ".
- <a href="/wiki/Handbook:Main_Page#Can.27t_the_Handbook_be_dynamically_generated_for_each_installation_choice.3F" title="Handbook:Main Page">Handbook:Main_Page#Can't_the_Handbook_be_dynamically_generated_for_each_installation_choice?</a>: still under the final paragraph it reads " then propose a request by {{following the instructions below. " I believe the two {{ that appear near the word following (at least they do appear on my end) should not be there.
- <a href="/wiki/Handbook:Main_Page#How_do_I_improve_the_Handbook.3F" title="Handbook:Main Page">Handbook:Main_Page#How_do_I_improve_the_Handbook.3F</a>: the start of the first paragraph reads " Suggestions, comments, or ideas on how to make the Handbook better (...) ". I believe the second comma should not be there, so it would read " Suggestions, comments or ideas on how to make the Handbook better (...) ".
Again, thank you for the consideration. --<a href="/index.php?title=User:Gabe&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="User:Gabe (page does not exist)">Gabe</a> (<a href="/index.php?title=User_talk:Gabe&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="User talk:Gabe (page does not exist)">talk</a>) 05:52, 13 February 2024 (UTC)