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-rw-r--r--gnu/packages/bioinformatics.scm2
-rw-r--r--gnu/packages/check.scm2
-rw-r--r--gnu/packages/emacs-xyz.scm2
-rw-r--r--gnu/packages/linux.scm2
-rw-r--r--gnu/packages/mail.scm2
-rw-r--r--gnu/packages/maths.scm2
-rw-r--r--gnu/packages/samba.scm2
-rw-r--r--gnu/packages/ssh.scm2
8 files changed, 8 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/packages/bioinformatics.scm b/gnu/packages/bioinformatics.scm
index 7054117a7a..65feff9528 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/bioinformatics.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/bioinformatics.scm
@@ -7859,7 +7859,7 @@ single-cell data.")
to dissect cell communication in a global manner. It integrates an original
expert-curated database of ligand-receptor interactions taking into account
multiple subunits expression. Based on transcriptomic profiles (gene
-expression), this package allows to compute communication scores between cells
+expression), this package computes communication scores between cells
and provides several visualization modes that can be helpful to dig into
cell-cell interaction mechanism and extend biological knowledge.")
(license license:gpl3))))
diff --git a/gnu/packages/check.scm b/gnu/packages/check.scm
index 3d320e9c70..e53fa97c9b 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/check.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/check.scm
@@ -2274,7 +2274,7 @@ failures.")
(home-page "https://github.com/ktosiek/pytest-freezegun")
(synopsis "Pytest plugin to freeze time in test fixtures")
(description "The @code{pytest-freezegun} plugin wraps tests and fixtures
-with @code{freeze_time}, which allows to control (i.e., freeze) the time seen
+with @code{freeze_time}, which controls (i.e., freeze) the time seen
by the test.")
(license license:expat)))
diff --git a/gnu/packages/emacs-xyz.scm b/gnu/packages/emacs-xyz.scm
index 4c2817cf66..5b0e13eb9e 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/emacs-xyz.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/emacs-xyz.scm
@@ -8277,7 +8277,7 @@ and popup menus.")
(propagated-inputs (list emacs-pos-tip emacs-popup))
(home-page "https://github.com/waymondo/popup-kill-ring")
(synopsis "Interactively insert item from kill-ring")
- (description "This Emacs packages manages your Emacs kill-ring in an
+ (description "This Emacs package manages your Emacs kill-ring in an
autocomplete style popup menu.")
(license license:gpl3+))))
diff --git a/gnu/packages/linux.scm b/gnu/packages/linux.scm
index 4a7071e078..2dfb5534c3 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/linux.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/linux.scm
@@ -9475,7 +9475,7 @@ with the value and the symbolic name.")
(synopsis
"Linux Kernel module exposing features of ThinkPad hardware")
(description
- "This package provides a Linux Kernel module that allows to control
+ "This package provides a Linux Kernel module that controls
battery charging of specific ThinkPad laptops. It also includes an improved
version of the HDAPS driver. The underlying hardware interfaces are
@acronym{SMAPI, System Management Application Program Interface} and direct
diff --git a/gnu/packages/mail.scm b/gnu/packages/mail.scm
index 824a1d668d..c959d9ee0a 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/mail.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/mail.scm
@@ -2556,7 +2556,7 @@ for a variety of mailbox formats such as mbox, mh and maildir. Incoming mail
can be sorted into separate files/directories and arbitrary commands can be
executed on mail arrival. Procmail is considered stable, but is no longer
maintained.")
- (license license:gpl2+))) ;; procmail allows to choose the
+ (license license:gpl2+))) ;; procmail allows choosing the
;; nonfree Artistic License 1.0
;; as alternative to the GPL2+.
;; This option is not listed here.
diff --git a/gnu/packages/maths.scm b/gnu/packages/maths.scm
index a3089efabb..a21125361a 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/maths.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/maths.scm
@@ -4442,7 +4442,7 @@ to BMP, JPEG or PNG image formats.")
(wrap-program (string-append out "/bin/maxima")
`("PATH" prefix (,binutils))))
#t))
- ;; The Maxima command ‘describe’ allows to pick the relevant portions
+ ;; The Maxima command ‘describe’ allows picking the relevant portions
;; from Maxima’s Texinfo docs. However it does not support reading
;; gzipped info files.
(delete 'compress-documentation))))
diff --git a/gnu/packages/samba.scm b/gnu/packages/samba.scm
index 7993b33f8c..fd932db80d 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/samba.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/samba.scm
@@ -546,6 +546,6 @@ and IPV6 and the protocols layered above them, such as TCP and UDP.")
(synopsis "A Web Service Discovery host daemon")
(description "This daemon allows (Samba) hosts to be found by Web
Service Dicovery Clients. It also implements the client side of the
-discovery protocol which allows to search for devices implementing
+discovery protocol which searches for devices implementing
WSD.")
(license license:expat)))
diff --git a/gnu/packages/ssh.scm b/gnu/packages/ssh.scm
index 143225b3f2..6a3779ee55 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/ssh.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/ssh.scm
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ Additionally, various channel-specific options can be negotiated.")
'((release-monitoring-url . "https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/OpenSSH/portable/")))
(home-page "https://www.openssh.com/")))
-;; OpenSSH without X support. This allows to use OpenSSH without dragging X
+;; OpenSSH without X support. This allows using OpenSSH without dragging X
;; libraries to the closure.
(define-public openssh-sans-x
(package