# HG changeset patch
# User Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
# Date 995469589 0
# Node ID c8c4805bde957fb7e320ed881e9f48bb7d1b24da
# Parent  33c054df8f9feeed16f6276e9097d1e82d71907b
Minor changes from Richard Stallman.

diff -r 33c054df8f9f -r c8c4805bde95 man/mark.texi
--- a/man/mark.texi	Wed Jul 18 15:17:06 2001 +0000
+++ b/man/mark.texi	Wed Jul 18 15:19:49 2001 +0000
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@
 @findex exchange-point-and-mark
   Ordinary terminals have only one cursor, so there is no way for Emacs
 to show you where the mark is located.  You have to remember.  The usual
-solution to this problem is to set the mark and then use it before
+solution to this problem is to set the mark and then use it soon, before
 you forget where it is.  Alternatively, you can see where the mark is
 with the command @kbd{C-x C-x} (@code{exchange-point-and-mark}) which
 puts the mark where point was and point where the mark was.  The extent
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@
 region active again by typing @kbd{C-x C-x}.
 
 @item
-Commands like @kbd{M->} and @kbd{C-s} that ``leave the mark behind'', in
+Commands like @kbd{M->} and @kbd{C-s} that ``leave the mark behind'' in
 addition to some other primary purpose, do not activate the new mark.
 You can activate the new region by executing @kbd{C-x C-x}
 (@code{exchange-point-and-mark}).
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@
 Evaluate it as Lisp code with @kbd{M-x eval-region} (@pxref{Lisp Eval}).
 @end itemize
 
-  Most commands that operate on text in the region have the word
+  Most commands that operate on the text in the region have the word
 @code{region} in their names.
 
 @node Marking Objects