Fix typos and grammar in comments and docs

Author: Justin Pryzby
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/20210416070310.GG3315@telsasoft.com

2 files changed, 15 insertions, 15 deletions

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/brin.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/brin.sgml
index d2f12bb605f..ce7c2105755 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/brin.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/brin.sgml
@@ -730,7 +730,7 @@ LOG:  request for BRIN range summarization for index "brin_wi_idx" page 128 was
      for <xref linkend="sql-altertable"/>. When set to a positive value,
      each block range is assumed to contain this number of distinct non-null
      values. When set to a negative value, which must be greater than or
-     equal to -1, the number of distinct non-null is assumed linear with
+     equal to -1, the number of distinct non-null values is assumed to grow linearly with
      the maximum possible number of tuples in the block range (about 290
      rows per block). The default value is <literal>-0.1</literal>, and
      the minimum number of distinct non-null values is <literal>16</literal>.
@@ -833,7 +833,7 @@ typedef struct BrinOpcInfo
       Returns whether all the ScanKey entries are consistent with the given
       indexed values for a range.
       The attribute number to use is passed as part of the scan key.
-      Multiple scan keys for the same attribute may be passed at once, the
+      Multiple scan keys for the same attribute may be passed at once; the
       number of entries is determined by the <literal>nkeys</literal> parameter.
      </para>
     </listitem>
@@ -1214,7 +1214,7 @@ typedef struct BrinOpcInfo
 
  <para>
   The minmax-multi operator class is also intended for data types implementing
-  a totally ordered sets, and may be seen as a simple extension of the minmax
+  a totally ordered set, and may be seen as a simple extension of the minmax
   operator class. While minmax operator class summarizes values from each block
   range into a single contiguous interval, minmax-multi allows summarization
   into multiple smaller intervals to improve handling of outlier values.
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ecpg.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ecpg.sgml
index 56f5d9b5db1..e67f3e0bf3f 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ecpg.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ecpg.sgml
@@ -354,15 +354,15 @@ current=testdb1 (should be testdb1)
   </para>
 
   <para>
-  The third option is to declare sql identifier linked to
+  The third option is to declare a SQL identifier linked to
   the connection, for example:
 <programlisting>
 EXEC SQL AT <replaceable>connection-name</replaceable> DECLARE <replaceable>statement-name</replaceable> STATEMENT;
 EXEC SQL PREPARE <replaceable>statement-name</replaceable> FROM :<replaceable>dyn-string</replaceable>;
 </programlisting>
-   Once you link a sql identifier to a connection, you execute a dynamic SQL
-   without AT clause. Note that this option behaves like preprocessor directives,
-   therefore the link is enabled only in the file.
+   Once you link a SQL identifier to a connection, you execute dynamic SQL
+   without an AT clause. Note that this option behaves like preprocessor
+   directives, therefore the link is enabled only in the file.
   </para>
   <para>
    Here is an example program using this option:
@@ -6911,15 +6911,15 @@ EXEC SQL [ AT <replaceable class="parameter">connection_name</replaceable> ] DEC
     <title>Description</title>
 
     <para>
-     <command>DECLARE STATEMENT</command> declares SQL statement identifier.
+     <command>DECLARE STATEMENT</command> declares a SQL statement identifier.
      SQL statement identifier can be associated with the connection.
-     When the identifier is used by dynamic SQL statements, these SQLs are executed
-     by using the associated connection.
-     The namespace of the declaration is the precompile unit, and multiple declarations to
-     the same SQL statement identifier is not allowed.
-
-     Note that if the precompiler run in the Informix compatibility mode and some SQL statement
-     is declared, "database" can not be used as a cursor name.
+     When the identifier is used by dynamic SQL statements, the statements
+     are executed using the associated connection.
+     The namespace of the declaration is the precompile unit, and multiple
+     declarations to the same SQL statement identifier are not allowed.
+     Note that if the precompiler runs in Informix compatibility mode and
+     some SQL statement is declared, "database" can not be used as a cursor
+     name.
     </para>
    </refsect1>