From 1152763fd14bdcef593b334235f3c4285b5805ce Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Justin Pryzby <pryzbyj@telsasoft.com>
Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2019 18:57:48 -0500
Subject: [PATCH v3 17/20] is vs are plural

Should backpatch to v12
---
 doc/src/sgml/auto-explain.sgml    | 6 +++---
 doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_table.sgml | 2 +-
 doc/src/sgml/sources.sgml         | 4 ++--
 3 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/auto-explain.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/auto-explain.sgml
index d4d29c4a64..de2be61bff 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/auto-explain.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/auto-explain.sgml
@@ -200,9 +200,9 @@ LOAD 'auto_explain';
     <listitem>
      <para>
       <varname>auto_explain.log_settings</varname> controls whether information
-      about modified configuration options are printed when execution plan is logged.
-      Only options affecting query planning with value different from the built-in
-      default value are included in the output.  This parameter is off by default.
+      about modified configuration options is printed when an execution plan is logged.
+      Only those options which affect query planning and whose value differs from their
+      built-in default are included in the output.  This parameter is off by default.
       Only superusers can change this setting.
      </para>
     </listitem>
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_table.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_table.sgml
index 9c136dbce3..f74eb049cc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_table.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_table.sgml
@@ -889,7 +889,7 @@ WITH ( MODULUS <replaceable class="parameter">numeric_literal</replaceable>, REM
       from the parent table will be created in the partition, if they don't
       already exist.
       If any of the <literal>CHECK</literal> constraints of the table being
-      attached is marked <literal>NO INHERIT</literal>, the command will fail;
+      attached are marked <literal>NO INHERIT</literal>, the command will fail;
       such constraints must be recreated without the
       <literal>NO INHERIT</literal> clause.
      </para>
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/sources.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/sources.sgml
index 25f79d2a1f..5a8dbcb4d3 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/sources.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/sources.sgml
@@ -466,8 +466,8 @@ Hint:       the addendum
     enough for error messages.  Detail and hint messages can be relegated to a
     verbose mode, or perhaps a pop-up error-details window.  Also, details and
     hints would normally be suppressed from the server log to save
-    space. Reference to implementation details is best avoided since users
-    aren't expected to know the details.
+    space. References to implementation details are best avoided since users
+    aren't expected to know them.
    </para>
 
   </simplesect>
-- 
2.17.0

