[yocto] [PATCH] Documentation: Typoes/grammos in Dev Manual, Section 5.1

[Robert P. J. Day]

Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day <rpjday at crashcourse.ca>

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diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
index 6c406da..c7ec2b6 100644
--- a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
+++ b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
             into multiple layers.
             Layers allow you to isolate different types of customizations from each other.
             You might find it tempting to keep everything in one layer when working on a single project.
-            However, the more modular you organize your metadata, the easier it is to cope with future changes.
+            However, the more modular your metadata, the easier it is to cope with future changes.
         </para>

         <para>
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
             These types of customizations typically reside in a BSP Layer.
             Furthermore, the machine customizations should be isolated from recipes and metadata that support
             a new GUI environment, for example.
-            This situation gives you a couple of layers: one for the machine configurations, and one for the
+            This situation suggests a couple of layers: one for the machine configurations, and one for the
             GUI environment.
             It is important to understand, however, that the BSP layer can still make machine-specific
             additions to recipes within the GUI environment layer without polluting the GUI layer itself
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
             <title>Creating Your Own Layer</title>

             <para>
-                It is very easy to create your own layer to use with the OpenEmbedded build system.
+                It is very easy to create a layer for the OpenEmbedded build system.
                 Follow these general steps to create your layer:
                 <orderedlist>
                     <listitem><para><emphasis>Check Existing Layers:</emphasis> Before creating a new layer,
@@ -260,10 +260,10 @@
             </para>

             <para>
-                Append files files must have the same name as the corresponding recipe.
+                Append files must have the same name as the corresponding recipe.
                 For example, the append file <filename>someapp_&DISTRO;.bbappend</filename> must
                 apply to <filename>someapp_&DISTRO;.bb</filename>.
-                This means the original recipe and append file names are version number specific.
+                This means the original recipe and append file names are version number-specific.
                 If the corresponding recipe is renamed to update to a newer version, the
                 underlying <filename>.bbappend</filename> file must be renamed as well.
                 During the build process, BitBake displays an error on starting if it detects a
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@
                 Each layer is assigned a priority value.
                 Priority values control which layer takes precedence if there are recipe files with
                 the same name in multiple layers.
-                For these cases, the recipe file from the layer with a higher priority number taking precedence.
+                For these cases, the recipe file from the layer with a higher priority number takes precedence.
                 Priority values also affect the order in which multiple <filename>.bbappend</filename> files
                 for the same recipe are applied.
                 You can either specify the priority manually, or allow the build system to calculate it

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