Put period and comma inside quotes.

lispref/anti.texi

@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ in a while, to keep Emacs Lisp programmers on their toes.
 @item
 The @code{min-colors} face attribute, used for tailoring faces to
 limited-color displays, does not exist.  If in doubt, use colors like
-``white'' and ``black'', which ought to be defined everywhere.
+``white'' and ``black,'' which ought to be defined everywhere.
 
 @item
 The @code{tty-color-mode} frame parameter does not exist.  You should
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ the sentinel.
 
 @item
 Many programming shortcuts have been deleted, to provide you with the
-enjoyment of ``rolling your own''.  The macros @code{while-no-input},
+enjoyment of ``rolling your own.''  The macros @code{while-no-input},
 @code{with-local-quit}, and @code{with-selected-window}, along with
 @code{dynamic-completion-table} and @code{lazy-completion-table} no
 longer exist.  Also, there are no built-in progress reporters;

lispref/buffers.texi

@@ -484,7 +484,7 @@ correspond to the new file name, unless the new name is already in
 use.
 
 If @var{filename} is @code{nil} or the empty string, that stands for
-``no visited file''.  In this case, @code{set-visited-file-name} marks
+``no visited file.''  In this case, @code{set-visited-file-name} marks
 the buffer as having no visited file, without changing the buffer's
 modified flag.
 

lispref/commands.texi

@@ -2165,7 +2165,7 @@ same symbol that would normally represent that combination of mouse
 button and modifier keys.  The information about the window part is kept
 elsewhere in the event---in the coordinates.  But
 @code{read-key-sequence} translates this information into imaginary
-``prefix keys'', all of which are symbols: @code{header-line},
+``prefix keys,'' all of which are symbols: @code{header-line},
 @code{horizontal-scroll-bar}, @code{menu-bar}, @code{mode-line},
 @code{vertical-line}, and @code{vertical-scroll-bar}.  You can define
 meanings for mouse clicks in special window parts by defining key
@@ -2410,7 +2410,7 @@ individual events, which you can put in @code{unread-command-events}.
 
 @defvar unread-command-char
 This variable holds a character to be read as command input.
-A value of -1 means ``empty''.
+A value of -1 means ``empty.''
 
 This variable is mostly obsolete now that you can use
 @code{unread-command-events} instead; it exists only to support programs
@@ -2898,7 +2898,7 @@ using the minibuffer.  Usually it is more convenient for the user if you
 change the major mode of the current buffer temporarily to a special
 major mode, which should have a command to go back to the previous mode.
 (The @kbd{e} command in Rmail uses this technique.)  Or, if you wish to
-give the user different text to edit ``recursively'', create and select
+give the user different text to edit ``recursively,'' create and select
 a new buffer in a special mode.  In this mode, define a command to
 complete the processing and go back to the previous buffer.  (The
 @kbd{m} command in Rmail does this.)

lispref/control.texi

@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ non-@code{nil}, the clause ``succeeds''; then @code{cond} evaluates its
 @var{body-forms}, and the value of the last of @var{body-forms} becomes
 the value of the @code{cond}.  The remaining clauses are ignored.
 
-If the value of @var{condition} is @code{nil}, the clause ``fails'', so
+If the value of @var{condition} is @code{nil}, the clause ``fails,'' so
 the @code{cond} moves on to the following clause, trying its
 @var{condition}.
 
@@ -623,7 +623,7 @@ error is signaled with data @code{(@var{tag} @var{value})}.
 @subsection Examples of @code{catch} and @code{throw}
 
   One way to use @code{catch} and @code{throw} is to exit from a doubly
-nested loop.  (In most languages, this would be done with a ``go to''.)
+nested loop.  (In most languages, this would be done with a ``go to.'')
 Here we compute @code{(foo @var{i} @var{j})} for @var{i} and @var{j}
 varying from 0 to 9:
 

lispref/display.texi

@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ boundary.  @xref{Filling}.
 indicate truncated and continued lines (@pxref{Fringes}).  On a text
 terminal, a @samp{$} in the rightmost column of the window indicates
 truncation; a @samp{\} on the rightmost column indicates a line that
-``wraps''.  (The display table can specify alternate characters to use
+``wraps.''  (The display table can specify alternate characters to use
 for this; @pxref{Display Tables}).
 
 @defopt truncate-lines
@@ -1189,7 +1189,7 @@ The return value is @var{overlay}.
 This is the only valid way to change the endpoints of an overlay.  Do
 not try modifying the markers in the overlay by hand, as that fails to
 update other vital data structures and can cause some overlays to be
-``lost''.
+``lost.''
 @end defun
 
 @defun remove-overlays &optional start end name value
@@ -2013,7 +2013,7 @@ A non-@code{nil} value specifies a bold font.
 A non-@code{nil} value specifies an italic font.
 @end table
 
-  For compatibility, you can still set these ``attributes'', even
+  For compatibility, you can still set these ``attributes,'' even
 though they are not real face attributes.  Here is what that does:
 
 @table @code
@@ -3767,7 +3767,7 @@ $$\pmatrix{ 2 & -1 &  0 \cr
 @end ifnottex
 
 @item disabled
-Specifies transforming the image so that it looks ``disabled''.
+Specifies transforming the image so that it looks ``disabled.''
 @end table
 
 @item :mask @var{mask}
@@ -4804,7 +4804,7 @@ Any @var{args} are passed to @var{map-function}.
 @subsection Abstract Display Example
 
   Here is a simple example using functions of the ewoc package to
-implement a ``color components display'', an area in a buffer that
+implement a ``color components display,'' an area in a buffer that
 represents a vector of three integers (itself representing a 24-bit RGB
 value) in various ways.
 
@@ -5320,7 +5320,7 @@ variable.
 @section Window Systems
 
   Emacs works with several window systems, most notably the X Window
-System.  Both Emacs and X use the term ``window'', but use it
+System.  Both Emacs and X use the term ``window,'' but use it
 differently.  An Emacs frame is a single window as far as X is
 concerned; the individual Emacs windows are not known to X at all.
 

lispref/doclicense.texi

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ Secondarily, this License preserves for the author and publisher a way
 to get credit for their work, while not being considered responsible
 for modifications made by others.
 
-This License is a kind of ``copyleft'', which means that derivative
+This License is a kind of ``copyleft,'' which means that derivative
 works of the document must themselves be free in the same sense.  It
 complements the GNU General Public License, which is a copyleft
 license designed for free software.
@@ -45,9 +45,9 @@ This License applies to any manual or other work, in any medium, that
 contains a notice placed by the copyright holder saying it can be
 distributed under the terms of this License.  Such a notice grants a
 world-wide, royalty-free license, unlimited in duration, to use that
-work under the conditions stated herein.  The ``Document'', below,
+work under the conditions stated herein.  The ``Document,'' below,
 refers to any such manual or work.  Any member of the public is a
-licensee, and is addressed as ``you''.  You accept the license if you
+licensee, and is addressed as ``you.''  You accept the license if you
 copy, modify or distribute the work in a way requiring permission
 under copyright law.
 
@@ -114,8 +114,8 @@ preceding the beginning of the body of the text.
 A section ``Entitled XYZ'' means a named subunit of the Document whose
 title either is precisely XYZ or contains XYZ in parentheses following
 text that translates XYZ in another language.  (Here XYZ stands for a
-specific section name mentioned below, such as ``Acknowledgements'',
-``Dedications'', ``Endorsements'', or ``History''.)  To ``Preserve the Title''
+specific section name mentioned below, such as ``Acknowledgements,''
+``Dedications,'' ``Endorsements,'' or ``History.'')  To ``Preserve the Title''
 of such a section when you modify the Document means that it remains a
 section ``Entitled XYZ'' according to this definition.
 
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ F. Include, immediately after the copyright notices, a license notice
 G. Preserve in that license notice the full lists of Invariant Sections
    and required Cover Texts given in the Document's license notice.@*
 H. Include an unaltered copy of this License.@*
-I. Preserve the section Entitled ``History'', Preserve its Title, and add
+I. Preserve the section Entitled ``History,'' Preserve its Title, and add
    to it an item stating at least the title, year, new authors, and
    publisher of the Modified Version as given on the Title Page.  If
    there is no section Entitled ``History'' in the Document, create one
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ J. Preserve the network location, if any, given in the Document for
    You may omit a network location for a work that was published at
    least four years before the Document itself, or if the original
    publisher of the version it refers to gives permission.@*
-K. For any section Entitled ``Acknowledgements'' or ``Dedications'',
+K. For any section Entitled ``Acknowledgements'' or ``Dedications,''
    Preserve the Title of the section, and preserve in the section all
    the substance and tone of each of the contributor acknowledgements
    and/or dedications given therein.@*
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ of these sections as invariant.  To do this, add their titles to the
 list of Invariant Sections in the Modified Version's license notice.
 These titles must be distinct from any other section titles.
 
-You may add a section Entitled ``Endorsements'', provided it contains
+You may add a section Entitled ``Endorsements,'' provided it contains
 nothing but endorsements of your Modified Version by various
 parties--for example, statements of peer review or that the text has
 been approved by an organization as the authoritative definition of a
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ Invariant Sections in the license notice of the combined work.
 
 In the combination, you must combine any sections Entitled ``History''
 in the various original documents, forming one section Entitled
-``History''; likewise combine any sections Entitled ``Acknowledgements'',
+``History''; likewise combine any sections Entitled ``Acknowledgements,''
 and any sections Entitled ``Dedications.''  You must delete all sections
 Entitled ``Endorsements.''
 @sp 1
@@ -340,8 +340,8 @@ of those notices and disclaimers.  In case of a disagreement between
 the translation and the original version of this License or a notice
 or disclaimer, the original version will prevail.
 
-If a section in the Document is Entitled ``Acknowledgements'',
-``Dedications'', or ``History'', the requirement (section 4) to Preserve
+If a section in the Document is Entitled ``Acknowledgements,''
+``Dedications,'' or ``History,'' the requirement (section 4) to Preserve
 its Title (section 1) will typically require changing the actual
 title.
 @sp 1
@@ -390,7 +390,7 @@ under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2
 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation;
 with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts.
 A copy of the license is included in the section entitled ``GNU
-Free Documentation License''.
+Free Documentation License.''
 @end group
 @end smallexample
 

lispref/files.texi

@@ -658,7 +658,7 @@ The file lock is really a file, a symbolic link with a special name,
 stored in the same directory as the file you are editing.
 
   When you access files using NFS, there may be a small probability that
-you and another user will both lock the same file ``simultaneously''.
+you and another user will both lock the same file ``simultaneously.''
 If this happens, it is possible for the two users to make changes
 simultaneously, but Emacs will still warn the user who saves second.
 Also, the detection of modification of a buffer visiting a file changed
@@ -1681,7 +1681,7 @@ return value, but backup version numbers are kept.
 @end defun
 
 @defun file-name-extension filename &optional period
-This function returns @var{filename}'s final ``extension'', if any,
+This function returns @var{filename}'s final ``extension,'' if any,
 after applying @code{file-name-sans-versions} to remove any
 version/backup part.  The extension, in a file name, is the part that
 starts with the last @samp{.} in the last name component (minus
@@ -2653,7 +2653,7 @@ unlocking the buffer if it is locked.
 possibly others to be added in the future.  It need not implement all
 these operations itself---when it has nothing special to do for a
 certain operation, it can reinvoke the primitive, to handle the
-operation ``in the usual way''.  It should always reinvoke the primitive
+operation ``in the usual way.''  It should always reinvoke the primitive
 for an operation it does not recognize.  Here's one way to do this:
 
 @smallexample

lispref/frames.texi

@@ -641,7 +641,7 @@ This variable specifies how to blink the cursor.  Each element has the
 form @code{(@var{on-state} . @var{off-state})}.  Whenever the cursor
 type equals @var{on-state} (comparing using @code{equal}), the
 corresponding @var{off-state} specifies what the cursor looks like
-when it blinks ``off''.  Both @var{on-state} and @var{off-state}
+when it blinks ``off.''  Both @var{on-state} and @var{off-state}
 should be suitable values for the @code{cursor-type} frame parameter.
 
 There are various defaults for how to blink each type of cursor, if
@@ -967,7 +967,7 @@ internals of Emacs.
 @defun visible-frame-list
 This function returns a list of just the currently visible frames.
 @xref{Visibility of Frames}.  (Terminal frames always count as
-``visible'', even though only the selected one is actually displayed.)
+``visible,'' even though only the selected one is actually displayed.)
 @end defun
 
 @defun next-frame &optional frame minibuf
@@ -1251,7 +1251,7 @@ changes.  @xref{Misc Events}.
   Most window systems use a desktop metaphor.  Part of this metaphor is
 the idea that windows are stacked in a notional third dimension
 perpendicular to the screen surface, and thus ordered from ``highest''
-to ``lowest''.  Where two windows overlap, the one higher up covers
+to ``lowest.''  Where two windows overlap, the one higher up covers
 the one underneath.  Even a window at the bottom of the stack can be
 seen if no other window overlaps it.
 
@@ -1259,7 +1259,7 @@ seen if no other window overlaps it.
 @cindex lowering a frame
   A window's place in this ordering is not fixed; in fact, users tend
 to change the order frequently.  @dfn{Raising} a window means moving
-it ``up'', to the top of the stack.  @dfn{Lowering} a window means
+it ``up,'' to the top of the stack.  @dfn{Lowering} a window means
 moving it to the bottom of the stack.  This motion is in the notional
 third dimension only, and does not change the position of the window
 on the screen.
@@ -1519,7 +1519,7 @@ the menu keymap as necessary.
   A dialog box is a variant of a pop-up menu---it looks a little
 different, it always appears in the center of a frame, and it has just
 one level and one or more buttons.  The main use of dialog boxes is
-for asking questions that the user can answer with ``yes'', ``no'',
+for asking questions that the user can answer with ``yes,'' ``no,''
 and a few other alternatives.  With a single button, they can also
 force the user to acknowledge important information.  The functions
 @code{y-or-n-p} and @code{yes-or-no-p} use dialog boxes instead of the
@@ -1780,7 +1780,7 @@ colors.)
   These functions provide a way to determine which color names are
 valid, and what they look like.  In some cases, the value depends on the
 @dfn{selected frame}, as described below; see @ref{Input Focus}, for the
-meaning of the term ``selected frame''.
+meaning of the term ``selected frame.''
 
 @defun color-defined-p color &optional frame
 This function reports whether a color name is meaningful.  It returns
@@ -2150,7 +2150,7 @@ software (as a string).  Really this means whoever distributes the X
 server.
 
 When the developers of X labelled software distributors as
-``vendors'', they showed their false assumption that no system could
+``vendors,'' they showed their false assumption that no system could
 ever be developed and distributed noncommercially.
 @end defun
 

lispref/functions.texi

@@ -485,7 +485,7 @@ more convenient than making the function definition point to itself
 practice).
 
   We often identify functions with the symbols used to name them.  For
-example, we often speak of ``the function @code{car}'', not
+example, we often speak of ``the function @code{car},'' not
 distinguishing between the symbol @code{car} and the primitive
 subr-object that is its function definition.  For most purposes, the
 distinction is not important.
@@ -846,7 +846,7 @@ bool-vector, or a string.
 
   In Lisp, a function is a list that starts with @code{lambda}, a
 byte-code function compiled from such a list, or alternatively a
-primitive subr-object; names are ``extra''.  Although usually functions
+primitive subr-object; names are ``extra.''  Although usually functions
 are defined with @code{defun} and given names at the same time, it is
 occasionally more concise to use an explicit lambda expression---an
 anonymous function.  Such a list is valid wherever a function name is.

lispref/gpl.texi

@@ -75,13 +75,13 @@ modification follow.
 @item
 This License applies to any program or other work which contains
 a notice placed by the copyright holder saying it may be distributed
-under the terms of this General Public License.  The ``Program'', below,
+under the terms of this General Public License.  The ``Program,'' below,
 refers to any such program or work, and a ``work based on the Program''
 means either the Program or any derivative work under copyright law:
 that is to say, a work containing the Program or a portion of it,
 either verbatim or with modifications and/or translated into another
 language.  (Hereinafter, translation is included without limitation in
-the term ``modification''.)  Each licensee is addressed as ``you''.
+the term ``modification.'')  Each licensee is addressed as ``you.''
 
 Activities other than copying, distribution and modification are not
 covered by this License; they are outside its scope.  The act of
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ address new problems or concerns.
 
 Each version is given a distinguishing version number.  If the Program
 specifies a version number of this License which applies to it and ``any
-later version'', you have the option of following the terms and conditions
+later version,'' you have the option of following the terms and conditions
 either of that version or of any later version published by the Free
 Software Foundation.  If the Program does not specify a version number of
 this License, you may choose any version ever published by the Free Software

lispref/hash.texi

@@ -79,13 +79,13 @@ alternatives:
 Keys which are numbers are ``the same'' if they are @code{equal}, that
 is, if they are equal in value and either both are integers or both
 are floating point numbers; otherwise, two distinct objects are never
-``the same''.
+``the same.''
 
 @item eq
 Any two distinct Lisp objects are ``different'' as keys.
 
 @item equal
-Two Lisp objects are ``the same'', as keys, if they are equal
+Two Lisp objects are ``the same,'' as keys, if they are equal
 according to @code{equal}.
 @end table
 

lispref/internals.texi

@@ -1270,7 +1270,7 @@ Non-@code{nil} means current value of @code{start} was the beginning of a line
 when it was chosen.
 
 @item too_small_ok
-Non-@code{nil} means don't delete this window for becoming ``too small''.
+Non-@code{nil} means don't delete this window for becoming ``too small.''
 
 @item height_fixed_p
 This field is temporarily set to 1 to fix the height of the selected

lispref/intro.texi

@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ printer'' refer to those routines in Lisp that convert textual
 representations of Lisp objects into actual Lisp objects, and vice
 versa.  @xref{Printed Representation}, for more details.  You, the
 person reading this manual, are thought of as ``the programmer'' and are
-addressed as ``you''.  ``The user'' is the person who uses Lisp
+addressed as ``you.''  ``The user'' is the person who uses Lisp
 programs, including those you write.
 
 @cindex fonts in this manual
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ the examples in this manual, this is indicated with @samp{@result{}}:
 @end example
 
 @noindent
-You can read this as ``@code{(car '(1 2))} evaluates to 1''.
+You can read this as ``@code{(car '(1 2))} evaluates to 1.''
 
   When a form is a macro call, it expands into a new form for Lisp to
 evaluate.  We show the result of the expansion with

lispref/keymaps.texi

@@ -2232,7 +2232,7 @@ Next we define the menu items:
 Note the symbols which the bindings are ``made for''; these appear
 inside square brackets, in the key sequence being defined.  In some
 cases, this symbol is the same as the command name; sometimes it is
-different.  These symbols are treated as ``function keys'', but they are
+different.  These symbols are treated as ``function keys,'' but they are
 not real function keys on the keyboard.  They do not affect the
 functioning of the menu itself, but they are ``echoed'' in the echo area
 when the user selects from the menu, and they appear in the output of

lispref/lists.texi

@@ -1503,7 +1503,7 @@ a @sc{cdr} @code{equal} to @var{value}.
 
 @code{rassoc} is like @code{assoc} except that it compares the @sc{cdr} of
 each @var{alist} association instead of the @sc{car}.  You can think of
-this as ``reverse @code{assoc}'', finding the key for a given value.
+this as ``reverse @code{assoc},'' finding the key for a given value.
 @end defun
 
 @defun assq key alist
@@ -1544,7 +1544,7 @@ a @sc{cdr} @code{eq} to @var{value}.
 
 @code{rassq} is like @code{assq} except that it compares the @sc{cdr} of
 each @var{alist} association instead of the @sc{car}.  You can think of
-this as ``reverse @code{assq}'', finding the key for a given value.
+this as ``reverse @code{assq},'' finding the key for a given value.
 
 For example:
 

lispref/minibuf.texi

@@ -1509,7 +1509,7 @@ the call.
 This function asks the user a question, expecting input in the echo
 area.  It returns @code{t} if the user types @kbd{y}, @code{nil} if the
 user types @kbd{n}.  This function also accepts @key{SPC} to mean yes
-and @key{DEL} to mean no.  It accepts @kbd{C-]} to mean ``quit'', like
+and @key{DEL} to mean no.  It accepts @kbd{C-]} to mean ``quit,'' like
 @kbd{C-g}, because the question might look like a minibuffer and for
 that reason the user might try to use @kbd{C-]} to get out.  The answer
 is a single character, with no @key{RET} needed to terminate it.  Upper
@@ -1699,7 +1699,7 @@ answer); @var{function} is a function of one argument (an object from
 
 When the user responds with @var{char}, @code{map-y-or-n-p} calls
 @var{function}.  If it returns non-@code{nil}, the object is considered
-``acted upon'', and @code{map-y-or-n-p} advances to the next object in
+``acted upon,'' and @code{map-y-or-n-p} advances to the next object in
 @var{list}.  If it returns @code{nil}, the prompt is repeated for the
 same object.
 

lispref/modes.texi

@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ If @var{function} is already present in @var{hook} (comparing using
 
 It is best to design your hook functions so that the order in which they
 are executed does not matter.  Any dependence on the order is ``asking
-for trouble''.  However, the order is predictable: normally,
+for trouble.''  However, the order is predictable: normally,
 @var{function} goes at the front of the hook list, so it will be
 executed first (barring another @code{add-hook} call).  If the optional
 argument @var{append} is non-@code{nil}, the new hook function goes at
@@ -1139,7 +1139,7 @@ it should not use @code{after-change-major-mode-hook} as of yet.
 
   When you defined a major mode using @code{define-derived-mode}, it
 automatically makes sure these conventions are followed.  If you
-define a major mode ``from scratch'', not using
+define a major mode ``from scratch,'' not using
 @code{define-derived-mode}, make sure the major mode command follows
 these and other conventions.  @xref{Major Mode Conventions}.  You use
 these functions to do it properly.
@@ -1456,7 +1456,7 @@ See the command \\[hungry-electric-delete]."
 @end smallexample
 
 @noindent
-This defines a minor mode named ``Hungry mode'', a command named
+This defines a minor mode named ``Hungry mode,'' a command named
 @code{hungry-mode} to toggle it, a variable named @code{hungry-mode}
 which indicates whether the mode is enabled, and a variable named
 @code{hungry-mode-map} which holds the keymap that is active when the

lispref/numbers.texi

@@ -737,7 +737,7 @@ and returns that value as a floating point number.
 sequence of @dfn{bits} (digits which are either zero or one).  A bitwise
 operation acts on the individual bits of such a sequence.  For example,
 @dfn{shifting} moves the whole sequence left or right one or more places,
-reproducing the same pattern ``moved over''.
+reproducing the same pattern ``moved over.''
 
   The bitwise operations in Emacs Lisp apply only to integers.
 

lispref/objects.texi

@@ -632,7 +632,7 @@ come to refer to any structure made out of cons cells.
 
 @cindex atom
   Because cons cells are so central to Lisp, we also have a word for
-``an object which is not a cons cell''.  These objects are called
+``an object which is not a cons cell.''  These objects are called
 @dfn{atoms}.
 
 @cindex parenthesis
@@ -1238,7 +1238,7 @@ without qualification, we mean a Lisp macro, not a keyboard macro.
   A @dfn{primitive function} is a function callable from Lisp but
 written in the C programming language.  Primitive functions are also
 called @dfn{subrs} or @dfn{built-in functions}.  (The word ``subr'' is
-derived from ``subroutine''.)  Most primitive functions evaluate all
+derived from ``subroutine.'')  Most primitive functions evaluate all
 their arguments when they are called.  A primitive function that does
 not evaluate all its arguments is called a @dfn{special form}
 (@pxref{Special Forms}).@refill

lispref/os.texi

@@ -1839,7 +1839,7 @@ data transmission, but the value is used for calculations such as
 padding.  It also affects decisions about whether to scroll part of the
 screen or repaint---even when using a window system.  (We designed it
 this way despite the fact that a window system has no true ``output
-speed'', to give you a way to tune these decisions.)
+speed,'' to give you a way to tune these decisions.)
 
 The value is measured in baud.
 @end defvar

lispref/processes.texi

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ subprocess, the Lisp program waits for the subprocess to terminate
 before continuing execution.  When you create an asynchronous
 subprocess, it can run in parallel with the Lisp program.  This kind of
 subprocess is represented within Emacs by a Lisp object which is also
-called a ``process''.  Lisp programs can use this object to communicate
+called a ``process.''  Lisp programs can use this object to communicate
 with the subprocess or to control it.  For example, you can send
 signals, obtain status information, receive output from the process, or
 send input to it.
@@ -2106,7 +2106,7 @@ processed, and how to pack or unpack it.
 that the field represents and, in the case of multibyte fields, how
 the bytes are ordered within the field.  The two possible orderings
 are ``big endian'' (also known as ``network byte ordering'') and
-``little endian''.  For instance, the number @code{#x23cd} (decimal
+``little endian.''  For instance, the number @code{#x23cd} (decimal
 9165) in big endian would be the two bytes @code{#x23} @code{#xcd};
 and in little endian, @code{#xcd} @code{#x23}.  Here are the possible
 type values:

lispref/streams.texi

@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ When it is called with one argument (always a character), @var{function}
 should save the argument and arrange to return it on the next call.
 This is called @dfn{unreading} the character; it happens when the Lisp
 reader reads one character too many and wants to ``put it back where it
-came from''.  In this case, it makes no difference what value
+came from.''  In this case, it makes no difference what value
 @var{function} returns.
 @end itemize
 
@@ -620,7 +620,7 @@ spacing between calls.
 @defun terpri &optional stream
 @cindex newline in print
 This function outputs a newline to @var{stream}.  The name stands
-for ``terminate print''.
+for ``terminate print.''
 @end defun
 
 @defun write-char character &optional stream

lispref/symbols.texi

@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ be customized, use @code{defcustom} (@pxref{Customization}).
   @code{defun} defines a symbol as a function, creating a lambda
 expression and storing it in the function cell of the symbol.  This
 lambda expression thus becomes the function definition of the symbol.
-(The term ``function definition'', meaning the contents of the function
+(The term ``function definition,'' meaning the contents of the function
 cell, is derived from the idea that @code{defun} gives the symbol its
 definition as a function.)  @code{defsubst} and @code{defalias} are two
 other ways of defining a function.  @xref{Functions}.

lispref/syntax.texi

@@ -332,8 +332,8 @@ Emacs supports two comment styles simultaneously in any one syntax
 table.  This is for the sake of C++.  Each style of comment syntax has
 its own comment-start sequence and its own comment-end sequence.  Each
 comment must stick to one style or the other; thus, if it starts with
-the comment-start sequence of style ``b'', it must also end with the
-comment-end sequence of style ``b''.
+the comment-start sequence of style ``b,'' it must also end with the
+comment-end sequence of style ``b.''
 
 The two comment-start sequences must begin with the same character; only
 the second character may differ.  Mark the second character of the
@@ -706,7 +706,7 @@ The minimum parenthesis depth encountered during this scan.
 @item
 What kind of comment is active: @code{nil} for a comment of style
 ``a'' or when not inside a comment, @code{t} for a comment of style
-``b'', and @code{syntax-table} for a comment that should be ended by a
+``b,'' and @code{syntax-table} for a comment that should be ended by a
 generic comment delimiter character.
 
 @item

lispref/tips.texi

@@ -702,15 +702,15 @@ use @code{defvar} instead, start the doc string with a @samp{*}.
 
 @item
 The documentation string for a variable that is a yes-or-no flag should
-start with words such as ``Non-nil means@dots{}'', to make it clear that
+start with words such as ``Non-nil means,'' to make it clear that
 all non-@code{nil} values are equivalent and indicate explicitly what
 @code{nil} and non-@code{nil} mean.
 
 @item
 The documentation string for a function that is a yes-or-no predicate
-should start with words such as ``Return t if @dots{}'', to indicate
-explicitly what constitutes ``truth''.  The word ``return'' avoids
-starting the sentence with lower-case ``t'', which is somewhat
+should start with words such as ``Return t if,'' to indicate
+explicitly what constitutes ``truth.''  The word ``return'' avoids
+starting the sentence with lower-case ``t,'' which could be somewhat
 distracting.
 
 @item
@@ -736,7 +736,7 @@ have the form (KEY . VALUE).  Here, KEY is ...
 
 @item
 Never change the case of a Lisp symbol when you mention it in a doc
-string.  If the symbol's name is @code{foo}, write ``foo'', not
+string.  If the symbol's name is @code{foo}, write ``foo,'' not
 ``Foo'' (which is a different symbol).
 
 This might appear to contradict the policy of writing function

lispref/variables.texi

@@ -1096,7 +1096,7 @@ is no longer bound to the actual argument 2.
 @end example
 
 @cindex closures not available
-  Some Lisp dialects have ``closures'', objects that are like functions
+  Some Lisp dialects have ``closures,'' objects that are like functions
 but record additional variable bindings.  Emacs Lisp does not have
 closures.
 
@@ -1459,7 +1459,7 @@ buffer-local variables interactively.
 
 @defun kill-all-local-variables
 This function eliminates all the buffer-local variable bindings of the
-current buffer except for variables marked as ``permanent''.  As a
+current buffer except for variables marked as ``permanent.''  As a
 result, the buffer will see the default values of most variables.
 
 This function also resets certain other information pertaining to the