diff --git a/doc/org.texi b/doc/org.texi
index a40725c4d..6daf4fbcb 100644
--- a/doc/org.texi
+++ b/doc/org.texi
@@ -13507,9 +13507,9 @@ These keywords are treated in details in the following sections.
 When processing a document, @samp{texinfo} back-end generates a minimal file
 header along with a title page, a copyright page, and a menu.  You control
 the latter through the structure of the document (@pxref{Headings and
-sectioning structure}).  Various keywords allow to tweak the other parts.  It
-is also possible to give directions to install the document in the @samp{Top}
-node.
+sectioning structure}).  Various keywords allow you to tweak the other parts.
+It is also possible to give directions to install the document in the
+@samp{Top} node.
 
 @subsubheading File header
 
diff --git a/lisp/org-crypt.el b/lisp/org-crypt.el
index a96ad6c30..f9077a92e 100644
--- a/lisp/org-crypt.el
+++ b/lisp/org-crypt.el
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ See `org-crypt-disable-auto-save'."
 	    ;; outline property starts at the \n of the heading.
 	    (delete-region (1- (point)) end)
 	    ;; Store a checksum of the decrypted and the encrypted
-	    ;; text value.  This allow to reuse the same encrypted text
+	    ;; text value.  This allows reusing the same encrypted text
 	    ;; if the text does not change, and therefore avoid a
 	    ;; re-encryption process.
 	    (insert "\n" (propertize decrypted-text
diff --git a/lisp/org-element.el b/lisp/org-element.el
index a2b2e6bbb..a207f7dac 100644
--- a/lisp/org-element.el
+++ b/lisp/org-element.el
@@ -409,9 +409,9 @@ Other brackets are treated as spaces.")
 ;; Provide four accessors: `org-element-type', `org-element-property'
 ;; `org-element-contents' and `org-element-restriction'.
 ;;
-;; Setter functions allow to modify elements by side effect.  There is
-;; `org-element-put-property', `org-element-set-contents'.  These
-;; low-level functions are useful to build a parse tree.
+;; Setter functions allow modification of elements by side effect.
+;; There is `org-element-put-property', `org-element-set-contents'.
+;; These low-level functions are useful to build a parse tree.
 ;;
 ;; `org-element-adopt-element', `org-element-set-element',
 ;; `org-element-extract-element' and `org-element-insert-before' are
@@ -3898,8 +3898,8 @@ position of point and CDR is nil."
 ;; `org-element-parse-secondary-string', which parses objects within
 ;; a given string.
 ;;
-;; The (almost) almighty `org-element-map' allows to apply a function
-;; on elements or objects matching some type, and accumulate the
+;; The (almost) almighty `org-element-map' allows applying a function
+;; on elements or objects matching some type, and accumulating the
 ;; resulting values.  In an export situation, it also skips unneeded
 ;; parts of the parse tree.
 
diff --git a/lisp/org-feed.el b/lisp/org-feed.el
index 3d9106230..01bfeeed0 100644
--- a/lisp/org-feed.el
+++ b/lisp/org-feed.el
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 ;;
 ;;; Commentary:
 ;;
-;;  This module allows to create and change entries in an Org mode
+;;  This module allows entries to be created and changed in an Org-mode
 ;;  file triggered by items in an RSS feed.  The basic functionality
 ;;  is geared toward simply adding new items found in a feed as
 ;;  outline nodes to an Org file.  Using hooks, arbitrary actions can
diff --git a/lisp/org.el b/lisp/org.el
index bd17f6c4d..934cbe10c 100644
--- a/lisp/org.el
+++ b/lisp/org.el
@@ -2466,7 +2466,7 @@ fast, while still showing the whole path to the entry."
   :type 'boolean)
 
 (defcustom org-refile-allow-creating-parent-nodes nil
-  "Non-nil means allow to create new nodes as refile targets.
+  "Non-nil means allow the creation of new nodes as refile targets.
 New nodes are then created by adding \"/new node name\" to the completion
 of an existing node.  When the value of this variable is `confirm',
 new node creation must be confirmed by the user (recommended).
diff --git a/lisp/ox-ascii.el b/lisp/ox-ascii.el
index 01961448c..0b50bbe7c 100644
--- a/lisp/ox-ascii.el
+++ b/lisp/ox-ascii.el
@@ -35,10 +35,10 @@
 
 ;;; Define Back-End
 ;;
-;; The following setting won't allow to modify preferred charset
+;; The following setting won't allow modifying preferred charset
 ;; through a buffer keyword or an option item, but, since the property
-;; will appear in communication channel nonetheless, it allows to
-;; override `org-ascii-charset' variable on the fly by the ext-plist
+;; will appear in communication channel nonetheless, it allows
+;; overriding `org-ascii-charset' variable on the fly by the ext-plist
 ;; mechanism.
 ;;
 ;; We also install a filter for headlines and sections, in order to
diff --git a/lisp/ox-icalendar.el b/lisp/ox-icalendar.el
index c97c36a19..3552dda7e 100644
--- a/lisp/ox-icalendar.el
+++ b/lisp/ox-icalendar.el
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ for timed events.  If non-zero, alarms are created.
 
 (defcustom org-icalendar-exclude-tags nil
   "Tags that exclude a tree from export.
-This variable allows to specify different exclude tags from other
+This variable allows specifying different exclude tags from other
 back-ends.  It can also be set with the ICALENDAR_EXCLUDE_TAGS
 keyword."
   :group 'org-export-icalendar
diff --git a/lisp/ox-publish.el b/lisp/ox-publish.el
index 4cd3f2e1b..02a9f371f 100644
--- a/lisp/ox-publish.el
+++ b/lisp/ox-publish.el
@@ -1129,7 +1129,7 @@ This function is meant to be used as a final output filter.  See
 
 Return value is an internal reference, as a string.
 
-This function allows to resolve external links like:
+This function allows the resolution of external links like:
 
   [[file.org::*fuzzy][description]]
   [[file.org::#custom-id][description]]
diff --git a/lisp/ox.el b/lisp/ox.el
index e6c472800..38b69ddb5 100644
--- a/lisp/ox.el
+++ b/lisp/ox.el
@@ -865,7 +865,7 @@ This option can also be set with the OPTIONS keyword, e.g.,
 (defcustom org-export-snippet-translation-alist nil
   "Alist between export snippets back-ends and exporter back-ends.
 
-This variable allows to provide shortcuts for export snippets.
+This variable allows providing shortcuts for export snippets.
 
 For example, with a value of \\='((\"h\" . \"html\")), the
 HTML back-end will recognize the contents of \"@@h:<b>@@\" as
@@ -953,7 +953,7 @@ output is restricted to body only, \"s\" when it is restricted to
 the current subtree, \"v\" when only visible elements are
 considered for export, \"f\" when publishing functions should be
 passed the FORCE argument and \"a\" when the export should be
-asynchronous).  Also, [?] allows to switch back to standard
+asynchronous).  Also, [?] allows switching back to standard
 mode."
   :group 'org-export-general
   :version "24.4"
@@ -3858,8 +3858,8 @@ process, leading to a different order when footnotes are nested."
 ;; level, relatively to the lower headline level in the parsed tree.
 ;;
 ;; `org-export-get-headline-number' returns the section number of an
-;; headline, while `org-export-number-to-roman' allows to convert it
-;; to roman numbers.  With an optional argument,
+;; headline, while `org-export-number-to-roman' allows it to be
+;; converted to roman numbers.  With an optional argument,
 ;; `org-export-get-headline-number' returns a number to unnumbered
 ;; headlines (used for internal id).
 ;;
@@ -4309,8 +4309,8 @@ Otherwise, only provided element's type is considered.
 Optional argument PREDICATE is a function returning a non-nil
 value if the current element or object should be counted in.  It
 accepts two arguments: the element or object being considered and
-the plist used as a communication channel.  This allows to count
-only a certain type of objects (i.e. inline images).
+the plist used as a communication channel.  This allows counting
+only a certain type of object (i.e. inline images).
 
 Return value is a list of numbers if ELEMENT is a headline or an
 item.  It is nil for keywords.  It represents the footnote number
@@ -5718,7 +5718,7 @@ to `:default' encoding.  If it fails, return S."
 ;; returned results in the current process.
 ;;
 ;; At a higher level, `org-export-to-buffer' and `org-export-to-file'
-;; allow to export to a buffer or a file, asynchronously or not.
+;; allow exporting to a buffer or a file, asynchronously or not.
 ;;
 ;; `org-export-output-file-name' is an auxiliary function meant to be
 ;; used with `org-export-to-file'.  With a given extension, it tries
@@ -6239,7 +6239,7 @@ is nil when this menu hasn't been selected yet.
 
 EXPERTP, when non-nil, triggers expert UI.  In that case, no help
 buffer is provided, but indications about currently active
-options are given in the prompt.  Moreover, [?] allows to switch
+options are given in the prompt.  Moreover, [?] allows switching
 back to standard interface."
   (let* ((fontify-key
 	  (lambda (key &optional access-key)