[groff] 12/40: [docs]: Fix style nits.

[G. Branden Robinson]

gbranden pushed a commit to branch master
in repository groff.

commit 1e0bc40f3799aa7a44c64f2c43b31bac951114f1
Author: G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com>
AuthorDate: Sat Dec 10 03:02:00 2022 -0600

    [docs]: Fix style nits.
    
    * Use Texinfo @slanted command when introducing terminology but not
      strictly defining it in that sentence.  In roff(7), use italics rather
      than quotation.
    * Fix missing word.
    * Vary wording.
---
 doc/groff.texi | 8 ++++----
 man/roff.7.man | 4 ++--
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/groff.texi b/doc/groff.texi
index ba1e04fc9..50cfc84f8 100644
--- a/doc/groff.texi
+++ b/doc/groff.texi
@@ -5739,7 +5739,7 @@ top to the bottom of the page.
 @dfn{Vertical spacing} is the distance between adjacent text baselines.
 Typographic tradition sets this quantity to 120% of the type size.  The
 initial drawing position is one unit of vertical spacing below the page
-top.  Typographers have a name for this unit:@: ``vee''.
+top.  Typographers this unit a @slanted{vee}.
 
 @cindex page break
 @cindex break, page
@@ -5789,7 +5789,7 @@ footers, or at least bear vertical margins larger than 
one vee.
 
 @cindex units of measurement
 @cindex measurement units
-GNU @code{troff} sometimes requires the input of numeric parameters to
+The formatter sometimes requires the input of numeric parameters to
 specify measurements.  These are specified as integers or decimal
 fractions with an optional @dfn{scaling unit} suffixed.  A scaling unit
 is a letter that immediately follows the last digit of a number.  Digits
@@ -6597,8 +6597,8 @@ used to call it.
 This read-only register interpolates@tie{}1 if the currently executing
 macro was called using the normal control character and@tie{}0
 otherwise.  If a macro is interpolated as a string, the @code{.br}
-register's value is inherited from context of the string interpolation.
-@xref{Strings}.
+register's value is inherited from the context of the string
+interpolation.  @xref{Strings}.
 
 @cindex intercepting requests
 @cindex requests, intercepting
diff --git a/man/roff.7.man b/man/roff.7.man
index 0e1b18fb7..ec56dec1f 100644
--- a/man/roff.7.man
+++ b/man/roff.7.man
@@ -585,8 +585,8 @@ Typographic tradition sets this quantity to 120% of the 
type size.
 The initial vertical drawing position is one unit of vertical spacing
 below the page top.
 .
-Typographers have a name for this unit:
-\[lq]vee\[rq].
+Typographers term this unit a
+.I vee.
 .
 .
 .P